Setting Up User Profiles on a NetWare Network

You can use user profiles with Windows 95 on a NetWare network if the computer is configured to use Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks.

When a user account is created on a NetWare server, a subdirectory of the MAIL directory is automatically created for that user. Windows 95 uses this directory to store user profiles.

To set up user profiles for a Novell NetWare network

1. For each computer, make sure that user profiles are enabled, as described in "Enabling User Profiles" earlier in this chapter.
2. In the Network option in Control Panel, make sure Client for NetWare Networks is selected as the Primary Network Logon client.
3. Make sure each user has an established MAIL directory.

When the user logs off, Windows 95 automatically places an updated copy of the user profile in the user's assigned MAIL directory on the NetWare network, as indicated in the following. (The user's 8-digit ID can be determined by using the NetWare SYSCON utility.)

\\preferred_server\sys\mail\user_id