Client

The Client page lets you configure the Novell® ClientTM.

Preferred Server
You can set a preferred server that NDS® should authenticate the user to when the Novell Client software is started. Check the Enabled box to enable distribution of the Preferred Server setting to all associated workstations. After you have enabled the distribution, type the name of the server. This setting causes the client to attempt to create a connection to the specified server.

The Preferred Server and Preferred Tree parameters work together. If the Preferred Server parameter is set, NDS attempts to authenticate the user to that server. If the Preferred Tree parameter is set, NDS sends a Get Nearest Server message and attempts to authenticate the user to the server that responds to the message, regardless of whether a Preferred Server is set.

The preferred server applies to any user logging in to the network using this workstation.

Preferred Tree
You can set a preferred tree that you want to attach to first when you start the Novell Client software. Check the Enabled box to enable distribution of the Preferred Tree setting to all associated workstations. After you have enabled the distribution, type the name of the preferred tree. This setting causes the Novell Client to attempt to create a connection to a server in the specified tree.

If the Preferred Tree parameter is set, the client attempts to connect to any server in that tree. If there is no tree set, it attempts to connect to the configured preferred server. If neither is set, the client connects to any server that responds to its Get Nearest Server request.

The preferred tree applies to any user logging in to the network using this workstation. To log in to a different tree, you can change your tree for this login session when you log in to the network.

Name Context
This option applies to Windows 95/98 only; it does not appear on a Windows NT/2000 configuration. The Name Context parameter sets your current position, or context, in the NDS tree structure. For example, ou=mngt.o=marketing specifies the Mngt organizational unit in the Marketing organization as the context.

Check the Enabled box to enable distribution of the Name Context setting to all associated workstations. After you have enabled the distribution, type the name context.

The name context can have as many as 256 characters.

First Network Drive
You can set the first network drive to the drive letter of choice when you connect to a NetWare® server. Check the Enabled box to enable distribution of the First Network Drive setting. After you have enabled the distribution, choose a network drive from the drop-down list.

The first network drive applies to any user logging in to the network using the workstation where the drive is set.

Enabled
This option applies to Windows NT/2000 only; it does not appear on a Windows 95/98 configuration. Check the Enabled box to enable distribution of the Tree and Name context settings. After you enable the distribution, these options become available for configuration. When the Tree and Name Context settings are distributed to associated workstations, you can choose whether these settings are appended to existing client settings on the target workstations or if these settings replace any existing client settings on the target workstations.

Append Settings
Click to append Tree and Name Context settings to existing client settings on the target workstations.

Replace Settings
Click to replace any existing Tree and Name Context settings on the target workstations.

Tree/Name Context
Type the location of each User object in the NDS tree for NetWare 4 and later users who are using NDS. This setting does not apply if you are logging in to a NetWare 3 server or a NetWare 4 server using bindery services.

Type a name context for any user logging in to a specified tree using this workstation. Because it is possible to log in to multiple trees, each tree has its own designated name context. You can change the tree and the name context when you log in. However, a user can have only one name context in any one tree.

The name context have as many as 256 characters plus the NULL command, which indicates the root of the NDS tree.

Add
You must type both the name of the tree and the name context before you can add this information to the list boxes. Fill in the necessary information > click Add.

Remove
To remove a tree/name context from the list boxes, select either the tree or the name context from the list > click Remove.

Replace
You can replace a tree/name context in the list with a new tree/name context. Select the tree/name context that you want to replace > type the replacement information in the Tree and Name Context boxes > click Replace.


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