Netware Functionality in Terminal Server (186484)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
This article was previously published under Q186484

SUMMARY

Terminal Server adds three new functions to Windows NT Server 4.0's NetWare utilities:

  • The NetWare option in User Manager under User Config allows password synchronization
  • The NDSPSVR utility allows administrator to set the preferred NDS server
  • The NetWare User Access for Terminal Server utility migrates Novell NetWare accounts to Terminal Server.

MORE INFORMATION

These settings allow you to configure users so that their password will be verified against the specified NetWare Server before it is checked on the logon domain. If the password on the logon domain is different from the user's NetWare password, the user's logon domain password will be updated to match the NetWare password.

The NetWare Authentication Server is specific to the selected user(s).

Specify the name of the NetWare Server used to authenticate the user in Server Name. Leaving this entry blank disables this feature for the selected user(s).

The domain administrator information is specific to this domain.

In User Name, type the domain administrator account to use when updating user domain passwords to match NetWare passwords. This must be an existing account with Administrator privileges on this domain.

In Password and Confirm Password, type the domain administrator account's password.

NDSPSVR

Use the Ndspsvr.exe utility to enable and disable a preferred server for NetWare Directory Service log on attempts. The use of which is as follows:

NDSPSVR - enable or disable a Preferred Server for NDS log on attempts

[/Q] query current setting

[/ENABLE:fileservername] enable Preferred Server [fileservername]

[/DISABLE] disable Preferred Server

[/?] display help message

For example, to set the preferred server to a NetWare server named NW41SERVER, you would type:

NDSPSVR /ENABLE:NWSERVER41

To disable preferred servers for NDS log on attempts, you would type:

NDSPSVR /DISABLE

To determine the name of the preferred server (and whether the NDS preferred server is enabled), you would type:

NDSPSVR /Q

Note that this setting is system global; that is, it applies to all users.

NetWare User Access for Terminal Server Utility

With this utility, you can migrate users and groups that are part of a NetWare 4.1 Server's bindery context to the Terminal Server. Migrated user passwords will initially be blank.

For this utility to migrate users correctly there must be no password restrictions set in User Manager. For instance, not allowing blank passwords or setting a minimum password length will cause the user creation to fail. The symptom that will reveal this problem is if groups are migrated, but user accounts are not.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/29/2004
Keywords:kbinfo KB186484
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