CSNW: Cannot Use Wildcards Connecting to Printers in NDS Tree

ID: Q178914

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to connect to a printer, you may receive the following message:

Name is invalid

CAUSE

Although wildcard characters such as asterisk (*), percent (%), and question mark (?) are valid characters in the NetWare Directory Services (NDS) path, they are invalid when connecting to printers through Client Services for NetWare (CSNW).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: Novell

Keywords : kbbug4.00 NTSrvWkst
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug