NetWare login requirements

NetWare security is enforced by NetWare, not by SCO Gateway for NetWare. NetWare requires that users log into NetWare servers before they are allowed access to NetWare services such as files, directories or printers. The important features of a NetWare login are:

• Each NetWare file 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 uid and the NetWare login.

• NetWare logins persist after a UNIX system logout. These logins remain in place until either SCO Gateway for NetWare is restarted, the SCO client is rebooted or the NetWare file server is rebooted.

• In the case of print jobs, a user must be logged into the NetWare server while the print job is being remotely queued. See ``What happens when a user submits a SCO Gateway for NetWare print job'' for more details.

Manual login

By default, all users must log in manually to NetWare servers. This is done from the Desktop using the NetWare Control Panel and from the command line using nwlogin(NWG).

Autologin

The autologin feature works only for users running the Desktop at the console. Because this is not the case for many SCO users, the autologin feature is turned off for all users by default.

If autologin is enabled, it is activated when a user accesses a NetWare server without having first logged in.

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

Users can control their autologin feature from the NetWare Control Panel. See ``Using the NetWare Access Manager and other tools''.