Novell Documentation: NetWare 6 - NWCONFIG-X-456: A complete Novell eDirectory user distinguished name is required for an eDirectory login. Expanding names with trailing periods is not allowed here because there is no previous name context established before the eDirectory login.

NWCONFIG-X-456: A complete Novell eDirectory user distinguished name is required for an eDirectory login. Expanding names with trailing periods is not allowed here because there is no previous name context established before the eDirectory login.

Source: NWCONFIG.NLM

Explanation: Expanding names with trailing periods can only been done within an established context. If no context has been defined, the full distinguished name must be entered.

Action: Enter the full Novell eDirectory user name. For example,

CN=USER_NAME.OU=ORGANIZATION.O=COMPANY