Contextless Login

The Contextless Login page lets you configure the Novell® ClientTM to allow users to log in to the network without specifying an NDS® context.

Enable Contextless Login
Check the Enable Contextless Login box to enable distribution of the Contextless Login settings to all associated workstations. After you have enabled the distribution, the contextless login options on this page become available for configuration.

Wildcard Searching Allowed
Check the box to allow wildcard searching. You can then use wildcards in the username, rather than entering the entire username.

For example, a user with the username MLOPEZ could enter MLOPEZ* as the search string.

Search Timeout (Sec.)
Range: 0 to 999 (seconds)
Default: 2
Specify the maximum amount of time (in seconds) that you want Novell Login to search NDS for the specified user. If you set this value too low, the search might time out before the user is located. If you set it too high, a search for an invalid or unavailable user might take too long.

You could set this value low to begin with. Then, if you experience timeouts during searches, adjust the number upward slightly until searches are consistently successful.

Append Settings
When the Tree and Catalog 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.

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

Replace Settings
When the Tree and Catalog 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.

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

Tree/Catalog
During a login session, usable catalogs are automatically found. You can specify Tree and Catalog pairs in order to force contextless login to use a specific catalog for each tree in the list.

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

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

Replace
You can replace a tree/catalog pair in the list with a new tree/catalog pair. Select the tree/catalog pair that you want to replace > type the replacement information in the Tree and Catalog boxes > click Replace.


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