Accessing NetWare Volumes

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You can access NetWare volumes either through the Windows 2000 graphical user interface or through the Windows 2000 command-line interface.

To connect to a NetWare volume using the graphical user interface

  1. On the desktop, double-click My Network Places .

  2. If only Windows 2000–based or Windows NT–based network resources are shown, double-click Entire Network , and if you still do not see NetWare resources, on the left pane click Entire contents, and then double-click NetWare or Compatible Network . Tree icons for NDS trees and computer icons for individual NetWare computers appear.

  3. Double-click a tree or computer to see its contents; you can double-click the resulting object, computer, or volume to see volumes or folders.

  4. When you find the volume or folder you want to access, double-click it to expand it.
    – Or –
    To map a local drive to the volume or folder, click the volume or folder, and then click Map Network Drive .

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Note

When you map a network drive, by default you are connected under the user name and password you used to log on. To connect under a different user name, type the user name in the Connect As box.

The following procedures illustrate how to connect to a NetWare volume using the command-line interface.

To connect to a volume to which you are not authenticated

  • At the command prompt, type:
net use <drive>
: <UNCpath or NetWarepath
> /user:.cn.ou.ou.o password

where cn is the NDS common name, ou is the organizational unit, and o is the organization. The tree location, user name, and context can be typed in either the name type or the typeless name format at the command prompt.

To connect to a volume to which you are authenticated

  • At the command prompt, type:

net use <drive>: <UNCpath or NetWarepath>

For example, to redirect the G drive to the folder \Data\Mydata of the A volume on server B using UNC naming syntax, type:

net use G: \\B\A\data\mydata

If you see the error message, "The password is invalid for \\< server name >\< volume name >[\< directory name >...]," then your user name and password are not valid and you cannot be authenticated. Follow the procedure "To connect to a volume to which you are authenticated," earlier in this section.

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When you connect to NetWare file resources using the command-line interface, you can use the next available drive letter by replacing the drive letter with an asterisk (*) in the syntax. For example,

net use * <UNCname or NetWarename>

If you prefer to be prompted for a password, you can replace the password in the command line with an asterisk (*). When you type your password at the command prompt, it does not appear on the screen.