From: wmarks@atlcom.net (Wallace Marks)
Subject: Re: Windows NT 4.0 and Novell Server with 4.11
Date: 1998/07/20
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"Dan Renfro"  wrote:

>What is happening is that when the system logs you in (w/Novell Intranet
>Client), the network drives are map rooting (?).  When you use windows
>explorer it will say "such and such" directory on R:\.  But when you go out
>to the dos prompt, it shows that you are in the root, not the such and such
>directory.  If you list out the directory in dos, you get a listing for the
>such and such directory.  So consequently many of batch files are unable to
>run.

There's an undocumented feature in the IntranetWare client to get
around this:

1. Right-click on My Computer
2. Select Properties
3. Select the Environment tab
4. Type MAPROOTOFF in the Variable box (case-sensitive, BTW)
5. Type 1 in the Value Box
6. Click on the Add button
7. Reboot

The result of this is that the Map command will now work as expected.
An explicit MAP ROOT command will actually map a root, while a plain
ol' MAP command doesn't.  I haven't tested this with v4.3, but it
works great with 4.1.



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