Microsoft KB Archive/48842

Word: Setting MSWNET in Novell’s System Login Script

PSS ID Number: Q48842 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

One of the easiest ways to set up the MSWNET variable on a Novell network is through the System Login Script.

Note: In Word version 5.50, the variable is named “MSWNET55.” Substitute this variable name throughout this article in reference to Word version 5.50.

Assumptions

 * 1) You are logged onto the network as SUPERVISOR or have SUPERVISOR security equivalence before attempting to make modifications to the System Login Script.
 * 2) All your users have a directory identical to their login name. These directories can be off the root or in a subdirectory, but the directory names must match the user’s login name.

Access the System Login Script through the SYSCON menu utility under the SUPERVISOR OPTIONS submenu. Assuming for the moment that all the user directories are under a directory called USER, add the following line:

SET MSWNET=“Y:\USER\%LOGIN_NAME”

Save and exit the System Login Script.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Novell’s SET login script command is similar to the DOS SET command (used at the command line). However, the Novell SET login script command requires you to enter double quotation marks (&quot;&quot;) around values and double backlashes (\) between directories, while the DOS SET command does not.

The following are other examples of how you can apply the Novell SET command in a login script:

To redirect your temporary files, type the following:

SET TMP=“T:\TMP”

To specify the operating system directory that DOS uses to reload the command processor, type the following:

SET COMSPEC=“F:\DOS\DOS401\COMMAND.COM”

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