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Can you change a users password from the console on a Netware 4.11 or 5 server?
I'm asking if there's a way to change a users password from the console command line? We have two Netware servers still around, one's running 4.11 the other is running 5, both are using NDS rather than the Bindery. I can get to the command line on both of them and both have the admin user logged into them. If you need more info let me know.
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g boys, thanks. i managed to get a dos 6.0 pc to attach to the server so I was able to confirm my old username and password. it's been awhile for me, but i think back before version 4, i seem to remember a utility named syscon that would let you add a user at the console. and ShineOn your right on the money with the Novell client being removed so i don't have access to nwadmn32. i pulled down the latest client 4.91 sp3 off of Novell's website and put it on a win2kpro laptop but it errors out when I try to login. I was hoping it'd work with 2000 pro. but i can put XP on the laptop and install the client on it again and give it another go. good to see that there's still a few folks out there using Netware.
Syscon was version 3.x.
It should work fine with Win2K Pro. You may have simply installed it wrong. The 4.91 client defaults to TCP/IP, IIRC. You need to install it Custom (not "typical") and select IPX only, NDS, and deselect all optional items except NICI, which IIRC is needed on a client intended for administration.
After it's installed, go into the NWLINK IPX/SPX NetBIOS compatible protocol and set the Frame type and IPX Network Number to match what's on your server(s). NOTE: Leave the Internal IPX number all zeros.
That should get you connected...
After it's installed, go into the NWLINK IPX/SPX NetBIOS compatible protocol and set the Frame type and IPX Network Number to match what's on your server(s). NOTE: Leave the Internal IPX number all zeros.
That should get you connected...
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ok, i'm good to go, i have nwadmin32 up and rolling. i'd forgotten about the custom install and selecting which protocol i wanted to use. what does IIRC stand for in Novell's world?
If I Recall Correctly or If I Remember Correctly. Pretty much the same as it means in other worlds ;)
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Thanks to all you guys for helping me out on this one.
http://www.milleniumhandandshrimp.com/novell/setpwd.zip
The program is GPLed, so freely distributing it is legit. it's also ancient, and I bear no responsibility if it damages your directory, blows up your server, makes planes fall from the sky, etc.