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NT Login Script Error

Asked by: archwayit

I'm trying to get "ifmember" to work properly in an NT login script.  It worked fine until I added another ifmember statement and now I'm getting a syntax error and I don't know what it is.  I've tested different syntaxes, but now I'm not exactly sure of the correct way.  Below is what I got.  What happens is the drive to MAS500_Reports always maps, but the Plantops never does.  I've seen some sample login scripts use quotes for the groups, others not.  

:PLANTOPS
ifmember "PLANTOPS"
if errorlevel 1 goto PLANTOPS
if not errorlevel 1 goto NEXT
 
:PLANTOPS
net use p: /delete > Nul:
net use p: \\mystique\plantops
Echo Drive P is mapped to \\mystique\PLANTOPS
 
:NEXT
ifmember "MAS500_Reports"
if errorlevel 1 goto MAS500_Reports
if not errorlevel1 goto Warning
 
:MAS500_Reports
net use u: /delete > Nul:
net use u: \\gf-finance\mas500_reports
Echo Drive U is mapped to \\gf-finance\MAS500_Reports
 
goto Warning
 
:Warning
call \\cartman\netlogon\warning.bat
 
:EXIT

                                  
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Asked On
2009-09-28 at 08:32:50ID24767133
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login script

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Windows NT Networking

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    Answers

     

    by: thenonePosted on 2009-09-28 at 08:37:14ID: 25440230

    PLANTOPS
    ifmember "PLANTOPS"
    if errorlevel 1 goto PLANTOPS
    if not errorlevel 1 goto NEXT

    add the domain example ifmember "mydomain\plantops"

     

    by: thenonePosted on 2009-09-28 at 08:38:04ID: 25440245

    get rid of if errorlevel 1 goto Plantops doesn't make sense.

     

    by: archwayitPosted on 2009-09-28 at 08:45:54ID: 25440314

    Thanks for your prompt response!

    I tried both suggestions:  added ifmember domain\plantops, did not make a difference.

    I also removed "if errorlevel1 goto PLANTOPS"

    Still getting same result:  
    Bad command or file name
    Syntax error

     

    by: oBdAPosted on 2009-09-28 at 08:56:06ID: 25440409

    The error is probably in line 14, "if not errorlevel1".
    That aside, you have two labels ":PLANTOPS", and the result checking required some changes.
    Quotes are only required if the group name contains a space; but it's a good practice to add them anyway, so that you get used to it.
    The script below should pause at the end, so that you can see error messages.
    ifmember.exe is in the same folder as the script?

    "%~dp0ifmember.exe" "PLANTOPS"
    if errorlevel 9009 (
      echo ifmember.exe not found in %~dp0; leaving the script
      goto Leave
    )
    if not errorlevel 1 goto MAS500_Reports
    net use p: /delete > Nul:
    net use p: \\mystique\plantops
    Echo Drive P is mapped to \\mystique\PLANTOPS
     
    :MAS500_Reports
    "%~dp0ifmember.exe" "MAS500_Reports"
    if not errorlevel 1 goto Warning
    net use u: /delete > Nul:
    net use u: \\gf-finance\mas500_reports
    Echo Drive U is mapped to \\gf-finance\MAS500_Reports
    goto :Leave
     
    :Warning
    call \\cartman\netlogon\warning.bat
     
    :Leave
    pause
                                                  
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    by: archwayitPosted on 2009-09-28 at 09:28:41ID: 25440726

    I copied the code you wrote and tried it again.  Now I'm seeing the error -
    Bad command or file name
    ifmember.exe not found in ~dp0; leaving the script
    Press any key to continue. . .

    What does ~dp0 mean?

     

    by: oBdAPosted on 2009-09-28 at 10:37:29ID: 25441368

    "%~dp0" should expand to the current script's (%0) *D*rive and *P*ath.
    Are you sure you copied the script exactly as posted?
    - How are you running that script?
    - What OS are you running this script on?
    - Is ifmember.exe in the same folder as the script?
    - What is the result when you run
    ifmember.exe /list
    Do you get a correct list of your group membership?

     

    by: archwayitPosted on 2009-09-28 at 10:45:36ID: 25441424

    Oh and yes, ifmember.exe is in the same folder as the script.

     

    by: archwayitPosted on 2009-09-28 at 11:14:13ID: 25441704

    I just copy and pasted the script from this post so it should be exact.

    I have the script on both NT servers in the Netlogon share.  I was testing 2 ways - via login and just opening the batch file.

    The first OS I was originally testing on was Win98 - when you asked what OS I then tested on an XP machine.  The XP machine mapped the drives for both groups, even though it was only a member of the plantops group.  

    ifmember IS in the same folder as the script.

    I tried running ifmember.exe /list on the xp machine and it couldn't find the file, because the file is only on the nt server.  So I copied the ifmember.exe to the XP desktop, ran the /list and the appropriate groups displayed.  Then I tested again by logging out and back in again and it worked as expected!

    So - do the desktops also need a copy of ifmember.exe locally? (I copied to windows\system32)

     

    by: oBdAPosted on 2009-09-28 at 11:34:37ID: 25441914

    Having it in the script's folder should work, at least for XP/W2k; that's what the "%~dp0ifmember.exe" does.
    I have no idea whether ifmember will run correctly on Win98. "%~dp0" or anything else that requires the NT shell instead of the few plain batch commands DOS supports won't work for sure.
    If you really want to support a DOS based OS in a logon script, have a look at Kixtart (http://www kixtart.org/) instead. This allows some sort of compatible logon script that should run on both OSs.

     

    by: archwayitPosted on 2009-09-28 at 11:38:42ID: 31634419

    Thank you oBdA!

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