NetWare login requirements

You must log into a NetWare server before you can access its files, directories or printers.

The important features of a NetWare login are:

• NetWare logins remain after you log out of your UNIX system session.

• Each NetWare server requires a separate login before access can proceed.

• The NetWare login does not create a new shell. Rather, it creates a mapping between the UNIX system user identification number and the NetWare login.

• In the case of print jobs, you must remain logged into the NetWare server while the print job is being transferred to the NetWare server. See ``SCO Gateway for NetWare print system'' for more details.

There are two ways to login: manual login and autologin.

By default, all users must log in manually to NetWare servers. This is done from the Desktop using the NetWare Access Manager

and from the command line using nwlogin(NWG).

Alternatively, you can enable autologin, which ensures that whenever you perform an operation requiring a NetWare login, you will be prompted to do so.

The autologin feature works only if you are working from the Desktop at your computer's console. Because this is not the case for many SCO system users, the autologin feature is turned off for all users by default.

If autologin is enabled, it is activated when you access NetWare services without having first logged in.

In this case, the autologin feature produces a graphical window at your console, requesting a login to the NetWare server. After the login and password are verified, the NetWare access proceeds.

See also ``Controlling your autologin feature''.