Semicolon Not Processed Correctly in NetWare Login Script

ID: Q147873

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks or the Microsoft Service for NDS, a semicolon (;) in a SET statement in a NetWare login script may be parsed as a character, rather than as a join parameter, by the login script processor.

RESOLUTION

This issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2), and later versions of this file:

For the Bindery (non-NDS) version of the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks:
NWLSPROC.EXE version 4.00.951 dated 12/20/95 9:51am 71,680 bytes

For the NDS version of the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks (Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services):
NWLSPROC.EXE version 4.00.969 dated 2/6/96 10:09am 84,480 bytes

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2). An update to address this problem is now available, but is not fully regression tested and should be applied only to computers experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft does not recommend implementing this update at this time. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for additional information about the availability of this update.

This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.

MORE INFORMATION

The Novell login script processor requires a semicolon in SET statements to concatenate an environment variable and a string. For example:

set <a>=<b>;"text string"

If <b> = "this is a ", <a> is set to "this is a text string."

The Windows 95 login script processor would set <a> to "this is a ;text string."

For additional information about issues resolved by updates to this component, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152401 Problems If NetWare Server Allows More Than 256 Users

For additional information about Windows 95 updates, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates

Additional query words: user system tree

Keywords : kbnetwork kbpolicy win95
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb