Types of login scripts

When a user logs in, the LOGIN utility executes the appropriate login scripts. Four types of login scripts are available, and they can be used separately or together to tailor a custom environment for your users. All four types of login scripts are optional. They are described here in the order they are executed:

• A container login script sets the general environments for all users in that container. The LOGIN utility executes container login scripts first. A user can use only one container login script.

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  NOTE: The container login script replaces the system login script that was in NetWare 3.

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• A profile login script sets environments for several users at the same time. The LOGIN utility executes a profile login script after the container login script.

  A user can be assigned only one profile login script, but can specify other profile login scripts on the command line. Several users can use the same profile login script.

• A user login script sets environments specific to a single user, such as printing options or a username for electronic mail.

  The LOGIN utility executes the user login script after any container and profile login scripts have executed. A user can have only one user login script.

• The default login script is precoded into the LOGIN.EXE command and is not editable. It executes if a user does not have his or her own user login script, even if a container or profile login script exists.

  The default login script is executed for all users (including user ``ADMIN'') unless you create a user login script. The default login script contains only essential commands, such as drive mappings to the NetWare utilities.

  To see the commands in the default login script, see ``Default login script''.

To use the login script from an Organization, Organizational Unit, or Profile object, users must have the Browse right to the object and the Read right to the object's Login Script property.