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- Devont Software's
- LANTools Version 2.21
- May 3, 1991
-
- ╒══════════════╕
- │ Introduction │
- ╘══════════════╛
- As a Systems Administrator or one who creates networks for a
- living, you probably already know that the glue that holds these
- complex systems together is the little Batch files and utilities.
- Devont Software's LANTools is a collection of such utilities
- designed to make your life a little easier.
-
- ╒══════════════╕
- │ Requirements │
- ╘══════════════╛
- Most of the functions in LANTools operate directly with the Novell
- Bindery information. Because of this integration with Netware,
- LANTools will not work on any other network type, or on stand-alone
- machines. Besides that small requirement, you should have the
- following resources available:
-
-
- √ IBM Personal Computer or Compatible.
-
- √ 256K RAM Free or more
-
- √ VGA, EGA, CGA, Mono, or Hercules Monitors are supported
-
- √ Novell Netware 2.1x and above, or ELS versions (versions below
- 2.1x may not support the printing functions)
-
- ╒══════════════════════════╕
- │ Registration and Support │
- ╘══════════════════════════╛
- LANTools is not free software. If is not and will never be in the
- public domain. You are granted a limited license to test the program
- to see if it fits in your environment. If you use any of the utilities
- contained in this package after a 30 day trial period, you need to
- support our development efforts by sending a check or money order
- for $75.00 per site in US Funds to:
-
- Devont Software
- 85 Brandon
- Conroe, Texas 77302
- BBS - (409) 273-3112
- CIS: 70421,1506
-
- Technical support and upgrades are available by calling our Technical
- Support Bulletin Board (BBS). We are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a
- week, and support 300-2400bps. We would like to hear from you if you
- have any suggestions, improvement ideas, customization requests or
- complaints. We take them all. You can call our tech support
- telephone number between the hours of 7pm and 10pm CST. We would like
- to hear from you. (409) 321-3220. Weekends from noon to 7pm CST.
-
- ╒═════════════╕
- │ Conventions │
- ╘═════════════╛
- In the functional descriptions below, the following conventions are
- used:
-
- [option] Options enclosed in brackets are optional.
- /x= Lettered options are required parameters.
- FILESPEC Any file specification, such as *.EXE, z:\joe.txt
- FILE.EXT Any valid Filename, such as z:\public\joe.txt
-
-
- ╒═════════════════╕
- │ LANTools Attach │
- ╘═════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools Attach is functionally equivalent to Netware's
- ATTACH command, with the major difference in that
- the interface is much prettier. Users can select a
- file server that is not already attached by using a
- bouncebar menu. Attach prompts the user for
- required information, and tells them whether the
- attachment was successful.
-
- Use: LANTools Attach [/q]
-
- Parameters
-
- /q Use "Quiet Mode." Do not clear the screen after
- the program has completed.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
-
- ╒══════════════════════════╕
- │ LANTools Bulletin Master │
- ╘══════════════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools BBS allows the system administrator to set
- up ASCII text files, then display them to particular
- groups of users upon login, or from a menu item.
- Using this feature, you can notify your users of any
- events, procedures, or policies.
-
- If you specify multiple text files, BBS will
- display a bouncebar menu of available bulletins,
- and will allow the user to point and shoot the
- bulletins he wants to read.
-
- Use: BBS /f=FILESPEC [/g=GROUP,GROUP,GROUP] [/q]
-
- Example: LANTools BBS /f=z:*.bbs /g=ADMIN,TECH
-
- Parameters
-
- /f (Filespec - Required) Can be any filename, or group
- of files. You can add any fully qualified pathname, one
- filename, etc.
-
- /g (Groups - Optional) BBS will check to see that the user
- running the program is a member of this group (or
- several groups separated by a comma) if this
- optional parameter is used. If you do not specify
- a group, BBS will assume EVERYONE can read the
- bulletins specified.
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - optional): Do not display any message
- if no bulletin files are available.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
-
- Text File When creating a text file for display in BBS, the
- Notes very first line can contain a title. To display
- the title when multiple text files are available,
- use the following format:
-
- ^^This is the Title^^
- ..Rest of ASCII text file
-
- ╒══════════════════╕
- │ LANTools Capture │
- ╘══════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools Capture is functionally equivalent to
- Netware's CAPTURE command. With LANTools Capture,
- you can redirect your LPT1-4's output to any
- defined network queue, or end a capture session,
- and return print operations to a local printer.
- Capture does all this with complete error checking
- and friendly interfacing.
-
- If you are attached to multiple servers (via
- Netware's ATTACH or LANTools' ATTACH command), you
- can press the <Spacebar> while viewing the Print
- Queue listing to change to the next server. You can
- then capture to a queue on another server.
-
- Use: LANTools Capture [/q]
-
- Parameters:
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - optional): Do not clear the screen
- when the program completes.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
-
- ╒═══════════════════╕
- │ LANTools ChangePW │
- ╘═══════════════════╛
-
- Use: LANTools ChangePW USERID NEW_PASS_WORD
-
- Parameters:
-
- USERID User ID to Change
- NEWPASSWORD New Password
-
- ╒════════════════════╕
- │ LANTools CheckPass │
- ╘════════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools CheckPass is a simple utility that allows you to
- prompt the user for a password. If the correct password
- is entered, a DOS ERRORLEVEL of 1 is returned. Incorrect
- passwords return a DOS ERRORLEVEL of 0.
-
- Parameters:
-
- /p=Password (Required Parameter): This parameter tells CheckPass what
- the correct password is. Not case sensitive.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 - 4.
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - Optional): Do not clear the screen when the
- program completes.
-
-
- ╒═══════════════════╕
- │ LANTools DefaultQ │
- ╘═══════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools Default-Q allows you to set up default print
- queues for each user, then automatically cature to
- that queue upon login or any other time.
-
- DefaultQ uses the same parameters as Novell's CAPTURE
- program to change the settings of the current Capture
- setting, but using the queue that the Supervisor or
- user has set up.
-
- The unique parameters to DefaultQ are /C and /U.
-
- /c = Configure DefaultQ
- /u = Un-Install DefaultQ
-
- RETURNS If used as a CAPTURE command, DOS ERRORLEVEL 1 is
- returned if the capture environment is not changed -
- some kind of error occurred. Otherwise, ERRORLEVEL 0
- is returned if everything is successful.
-
- You can test this ERRORLEVEL in a batch file such as:
-
- @echo off
- LANTools DefaultQ /nb /nff /ti=10
- IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto ERROR
- goto EXIT
- :ERROR
- LANTools Message /m="Network Printer Not Selected"
- :EXIT
-
- Use: LANTools DefaultQ [/c] [/u] [ /b=BannerTxt /nb /ff /nff /ti=n ... ]
-
-
- PARAMETERS /c Configure DefaultQ
-
- /u Uninstall DefaultQ
-
- Other Parameters supported are the same as Novell's CAPTURE
- command, such as /b=BannerText, /nb, /ti=3, /nff (etc.)
-
-
- Why Use DefaultQ
-
- Let's say you are running a network with about 20 printers, and 50 users.
- If you would like to automatically run a CAPTURE statement on each user
- in the login process, you have roughly four choices:
-
- 1. Create a User Login Script and run the #CAPTURE statement. This is
- fine for smaller networks, but who wants to maintain all those user
- Login Scripts? It's usually a good idea to avoid using them if at
- all possible.
-
- 2. Allow the user to create his own personal print queue and defaults
- using the PRINTCON program. This is a good way to do it, but who
- wants to explain the inner workings of the Netware print services
- and/or print options to a legal secretary? You'd probably end up
- creating a bunch of them yourself, or copying the same definition
- from one user to the other, limiting the customizability, and in
- the end you'll have to edit all these over again someday when they
- move down the hall to a new office.
-
- 3. Create a Group the same name as the name of the print queue, then
- make all the users who need to print to that printer a member of this
- new group. You could then test for membership to the printer groups
- in the login script, and do some nifty branching. Well, again, if
- you have 20 printers, that's an extra 20 groups, and 20 different
- tests in the System Login script you'd have to make to see which
- group they are a member of....not to mention the chance for errors
- in putting all the right users in all the right places.
-
- 4. You could create a file, add all the UserIDs and their default print
- queue next to it, then write a simple program that looks at the
- file one entry at a time, reads the name, the print queue, and then
- does something fancy to actually call the CAPTURE routines in
- Netware. Big pain. Plus, you've then got a file to maintain.
-
-
- How Does DefaultQ Work?
-
- DefaultQ uses standard Netware services to write to the user data file,
- known as the Bindery. DefaultQ stores one vital peice of information
- next to the user account property: The default print name that either
- you or he set up. If DefaultQ has never been configured for a particular
- user, then nothing is written to that user account.
-
- After DefaultQ has been set up for a user, they can execute the
- DefaultQ command. The program picks up the name of the default print
- queue, any valid CAPTURE parameters entered along with the basic command,
- then again uses standard Netware services to create the CAPTURE environment.
-
- If DefultQ has not been set up for a user and it is run like a CAPTURE
- command, a DOS ERRORLEVEL 0 is returned, and the CAPTURE environment is
- not affected.
-
-
-
-
- ╒═══════════════════╕
- │ LANTools IsMember │
- ╘═══════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools IsMember is a batch file enhancer. This
- utility allows you to determine if a user is a
- member of a particular group. LANTools IsMember
- returns a DOS ERRORLEVEL that you can test and
- perform conditional branching.
-
- Use: LANTools IsMember /g=GROUP1,GROUP2
-
- Parameters:
-
- /g (Group(s) - Required) Specify the group (or groups
- separated with a comma) to check.
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - optional): Do not clear the screen
- when the program completes.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
- Returns: ERRORLEVEL 1 = User is a member of at least one of the
- specified groups.
-
- ERRORLEVEL 0 = User is NOT a member of at least one of the
- specified group(s).
-
-
- ╒═══════════════╕
- │ LANTools List │
- ╘═══════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools List is a simple file viewer for ASCII
- text files. I'm sure you have seen programs like
- LIST, BROWSE, or maybe you have written your own.
- This program is a simple version of those, but in a
- form that even the most computer-illiterate users
- can use without getting overly confused. In
- addition, this program follows the other LANTools
- in the interface, giving your system a colorful,
- fluid feel.
-
- Use: LANTools List [/f=FILE.EXT] [/q] [/c=1-4]
-
- Parameters
-
- /f (FileName - Optional Parameter): any valid file
- name, such as Z:FRED.TXT. If the file does not
- exist, a message displays. Note also the text file
- to display is limited to 64K. If a filename is
- not specified, you are prompted to enter one.
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - optional): Do not clear the screen
- when the program finishes.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
- ╒═══════════════╕
- │ LANTools Lock │
- ╘═══════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools Lock allows you to lock your computer
- while you are away at lunch or away from your desk.
- You can display a brief message to those who come
- to your desk and look at your screen. Lock also
- comes with a screen blanker that will activate
- after a period of about 5 minutes. Pressing a key
- while the blanker is in effect restores the screen.
-
- Use: LANTools Lock [/m="Message Text"] [/p] [/q]
-
- Parameters:
-
- /m (Message Text - Optional) Message to display when
- your machine is locked. If this parameter is not
- specified, you will be prompted to enter this
- information.
-
- /p (Password - Optional) Password that will be used
- to unlock your keyboard. If you do not specify
- this parameter, you will be prompted to enter this
- information. Maximum password length is 8 characters.
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - Optional) do not clear the screen
- when the program has completed.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
- ╒═════════════════╕
- │ LANTools Logout │
- ╘═════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools Logout is functionally equivalent to
- Netware's LOGOUT.EXE. The difference is in the
- interface. LANTools Logout allows you to prompt the
- user with a colorful message, then reboot
- (optionally) the machine when a specified time
- period, or press of the enter key has been
- performed.
-
-
- Use: LANTools LOGOUT [/m="MESSAGE TEXT"] [/w=n] [/r] [/q]
-
- Parameters
-
- /m (Message Text - Optional): Use this parameter if you
- would like to display a message to the user after he
- has logged out. Note that when specifying a message,
- you must use the " marks surrounding the message
- text. If you do not specify a message, a generic
- "You Have Been Logged Out" displays.
-
- You can place a carat (^) in your text to display
- two lines of text to the user. For instance:
- LANTools Logout /m="You Are logged out^Thank You!"
-
- You are limited to displaying two lines of text.
- Each line of text can contain up to 60 characters.
-
- /w (Wait time - Optional): Amount of time to wait before
- ending the program. If not specified, 0 is assumed, which
- means to wait until <Enter> is pressed.
-
- /r (Reboot - Optional): Reboot the computer when the
- program completes.
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - Optional): Do not clear the screen when
- the program is finished.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
- ╒═══════════════╕
- │ LANTools Menu │
- ╘═══════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools Menu is a simple menu builder. You can create
- a standard ASCII text file, and Menu will display the
- menu items in a formatted screen.
-
-
- Use: LANTools Menu /f=FileSpec [/c=1-4] [/q]
-
- Returns: DOS Errorlevel (0=ESC was pressed, 1=Item 1, 2=Item 2...)
-
- Paramters
-
- /f Menu File Name to read. Example: LANTools Menu /f=MENU.TXT
-
- << Contents of MENU.TXT >>
-
- File Management
- Logout of Network
- Accounting Functions
- Send a Message
- Select Network Printer
- Attach to File Server
-
- If the example file above was used, the DOS ERRORLEVEL returned
- would be as follows:
-
- 0 - No Selection was made.
- 1 - File Management
- 2 - Logout
- 3 - Accounting
- 4 - Send a Message
- 5 - Select Network Printer
- 6 - Attach to File Server
-
- You can process this ERRORLEVEL in a batch file. For more
- information about DOS ERRORLEVELs and batch files, please
- see your handy-dandy DOS manual. Also see SAMPLE.BAT for
- an example of LANTools Menu.
-
-
- /c Color for Menu. 1-4 are accepted
-
- /q Do not clear the screen when finished.
-
-
- ╒══════════════════╕
- │ LANTools Message │
- ╘══════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools Message is a simple utility that allows
- you to display messages to your users in a
- formatted, consistent and colorful way. Users
- do not need to have ANSI.SYS loaded, nor do you
- have to check for monitor type.
-
- Use: LANTools Message /m="Message Text" [/w=n] [/q]
-
- Parameters
-
- /m (Message Text - Required): This parameter tells
- LANTools Message what to display. Note that the
- message text must be surrounded by the quotation
- (") marks.
-
- You can place a carat (^) in your text to tell Message
- to break the text into two lines. For instance:
- LANTools Message /m="Hello There^Welcome Aboard"
-
- You are limited to displaying two lines of text.
- Each line of text is limited to 60 characters.
-
- /w (Wait Time - Optional): Tells LANTools Message how
- long to wait before ending the program. If you do
- not specify a parameter, 0 is assumed, which means
- to wait until <Enter> is pressed.
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - Optional): Do not clear the screen
- after the program ends.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
- ╒═══════════════════╕
- │ LANTools Password │
- ╘═══════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools Password is functionally equivalent to Netware's
- SETPASS command. It allows your users to change their
- login password. Difference is in the interface, and that
- you can select to log the password to a text file.
-
- Run without parameters, PASSWORD checks to see if the user's
- password is about to expire (within 3 days). If so, the
- user is prompted to enter his old and new password. If
- correct, the user's password is changed at the file server.
-
- If the /l=LOG parameter is used, PASSWORD writes all
- password activity to a file called PW.LOG in the current
- directory. Be careful! This feature is not meant for
- any other reason than for the systems administrator to
- track and document passwords used on his/her system.
- Letting the PW.LOG file into the wrong hands, and your
- system security will go down the drain.
-
- Use: LANTools Password [/f] [/l=FILE.EXT]
-
-
- Parameters
-
- /f "Force" the password change. This could be used as a menu
- selection item, so the users can change their password
- whenever they want to. Without this parameter, PASSWORD
- checks to see if the user's password is almost expired.
- If not, the program ends.
-
- /l Log all password change activity into the specified file.
- For example: LANTools Password /f /l=f:\dat\pw.dat
-
- Note: You should Hide the directory that contains the
- password log file to keep prying eyes out of it. Also,
- remember that the users must have Write, Modify, Read
- and Open rights to this directory. If the file does
- not already exist, they must also have Create rights.
-
- Example Rights for directory that contains pw log file:
-
- Netware 386 - [ R W M F ]
- Netware 286 - [ R W M O S ]
-
-
- ╒═══════════════╕
- │ LANTools Send │
- ╘═══════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools Send is functionally equivalent to
- Netware's SEND.EXE. With LANTools Send, however,
- the user interface is quite a bit more friendly and
- colorful.
-
- If you are attached to multiple servers (via Netware's
- ATTACH or LANTools' ATTACH command), you can send
- messages to users on other servers by using the
- <Spacebar> while viewing the user list.
-
- Use: LANTools Send [/q]
-
- Parameters
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - Optional) Do not clear the screen
- after the program ends.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
- ╒══════════════════╕
- │ LANTools TimeOut │
- ╘══════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools TimeOut is a program that waits until a
- specified time is reached, then returns a DOS
- ERRORLEVEL. The program can be aborted by entering
- in a specified password, which then a different DOS
- ERRORLEVEL is returned. This returned value can be
- tested in a batch file. A common use for this
- utility is in Automated Tape procedures, such as
- performing an automatic backup at 02:00.
-
- << Example TAPE.BAT >>
-
- @echo off
- cls
- :LOOP
- LANTools TimeOut /t=02:00 /p=wierd
- if errorlevel 1 goto TAPE
- if errorlevel 0 goto EXIT
- :TAPE
- tna2tape /a /q
- goto LOOP
- :EXIT
-
-
- Use: LANTools TimeOut [/t=HH:MM] [/p=xxxxxxx]
-
- Parameters
-
- /t (Time - Optional) If specified, this is the time
- that must be reached in order for TimeOut to end.
- If not specified, you will be prompted to enter
- this information. Note: Use 24 Hour Military
- time!
-
- /p (Password - Optional) If specified, this is the
- password needed to abort the program. If not
- specified, you will be prompted for this
- information.
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - Optional) Do not clear the screen
- after this program ends.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
- TimeOut Returns the following DOS ERRORLEVELS:
- 1 = Time Reached.
- 0 = Password Entered Correctly
-
- ╒═════════════════╕
- │ LANTools WhoAmI │
- ╘═════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools WhoAmI provides an informational display
- containing vital information about the user who
- is running it. Information such as the password
- expiration date, connection number, ID number and
- current print queue selected is displayed in a
- nice box in the middle of the screen. The user
- cannot change any of this information within this
- function.
-
- Use: LANTools WhoAmI [/q] [/c=1]
-
- Parameters
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Specify a color from 1 - 4
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - Optional) Do not clear the screen when
- this function ends.
-
-
-
- ╒═════════════════╕
- │ LANTools YesBox │
- ╘═════════════════╛
-
- Description: LANTools YesBox is another batch file enhancer.
- With YesBox, you can place a message on the screen,
- and have the user respond with the up or down arrow
- keys to select either "Yes" or "No". Depending on
- what the user selects, a DOS ERRORLEVEL is
- returned. This returned value can be tested in a
- batch file for conditional branching. You probably
- have a utility that does this for you already, but
- not as friendly and colorful as this one is!
-
- The user cannot break out of this prompt. The only
- valid keys while in this function are the Up and
- Down arrow keys, and <Enter>.
-
- Use: LANTools YesBox [/m="Message Text"] [/q]
-
- Parameters
-
- /m (Message Text - Optional) Whatever text you
- specify in this parameter will be used as the title
- for the yes/no box. If you do not specify a
- parameter for this function, "Are You Sure" will be
- used. Note that you must surround your text with
- quotation (") marks, and are limited to 40
- characters.
-
- /q (Quiet Mode - Optional) Do not clear the screen
- when the program ends.
-
- /c (Color - Optional) Select a color from 1 -4
-
- LANTools Yesbox Returns the following DOS ERRORLEVELS
-
- 1 = The "Yes" option was selected.
- 2 = The "No" option was selected.
-
- ╒═══════╕
- │ Notes │
- ╘═══════╛
-
- We are planning the following enhancements to LANTools:
-
- 1. Rolodex/Address Manager tied to EEMail's databases.
- 2. Map Assistant
- 3. Send/Receive Files between users.
-
- If you have any ideas for enhancements, please let us know! While
- we're here, here's a plug: Try Einstein Electronic Mail! You can
- find it on CIS, or on our support BBS. You'll find the same easy-to
- use functions in a professional, friendly electronic mail program for
- Novell Networks.
-
- ╒══════════════════╕
- │ Revision History │
- ╘══════════════════╛
-
- Date Version Description
- =========================================================================
- 05-03-91 1.0 Initial Release
- =========================================================================
- 05-04-91 1.01 Changes to .DOC to show /c options,
- /r=REBOOT in LOGOUT was missing in code.
- =========================================================================
- 05-07-91 1.02 Missing multiple group checking in IsMember.
- Added Online help when running LANTools without
- parameters.
- =========================================================================
- 05-10-91 1.03 SEND now shows users who are logged on. Also
- added some information when a user is selected
- to send a message.
-
- Fixed a bug in MESSAGE that converted the text to
- lower case, and added code to allow up to two
- lines in most /m options.
- =========================================================================
- 06-08-91 1.04 Fixed minor interface bugs. You'll probably not
- notice most of them, but they bugged me. For
- instance, when selecting a user in SEND, the
- light bar is returned to that user after the
- message is sent. Same kinda thing for CAPTURE.
- =========================================================================
- 06-17-91 1.05 Another maintenance release.
- This release, we worked on the CAPTURE command.
- Now the user's previous capture flags are used
- and displayed. You'll notice the extra screens
- when the program is executed.
-
- Another minor one, the color parameters were ignored
- in SEND and CAPTURE. This is fixed. Still have
- to work on the colors for /c=2,3 and 4. They're
- pretty ugly right now...
- =========================================================================
- 06-21-91 1.10 Added a new function, PASSWORD. This allows you
- to test your user's password. If it close to
- expiring (within 3 days), PASSWORD will prompt
- your users for their password, and change it in
- the bindery. This function is the only reason
- I can think of right now to own a laptop. Instead
- of staring at the walls waiting for a plane, I was
- able to get some work done. Now if only I had
- a cellular modem...
-
- Another new one, MENU, allows you to create
- a bounce-bar menu. Supply the file name containing
- the menu items, and go. Returns a DOS ERRORLEVEL
- depending on the item selected.
-
- SEND was totally changed in this release. Now you
- can send messages to groups. More information
- and cleaner interface.
-
- SEND and CAPTURE received a "Scroll Bar" function.
- This helps the user tell where he is in the list
- of things.
-
- CAPTURE had an invalid maximum window length,
- which "shadowed out" the userid in the footer
- line if more than 11 print queues were available.
-
- LIST was changed a bit. If you do not specify
- a file name (/f=filespec) on the command line,
- LIST will prompt you for one.
-
- This version has also changed the way users are
- prompted for their password in some functions.
- Now, TIMEOUT and LOCK display "*" instead of
- displaying the text of the password.
-
- If a user does not enter a message text in LOCK,
- a default of "I Am Away From My Desk" is now used.
-
- The SAMPLE.BAT changed to add new functions.
- Re-Run this again to see what's new. Edit that
- batch file to see how you can interface this
- stuff...
- =========================================================================
- 06-24-91 1.11 Maintenance Release (so soon, you ask?)
-
- Everyone bugged me about not verifying the NEW
- password in PASSWORD. That's been corrected.
- The user is asked to enter his new password
- twice in this function. Also changed some
- messages the user receives when something
- happens to clarify the situation.
-
- The User Listing Window box in SEND was 2 lines
- too long. Woops. Should have looked at the
- code for CAPTURE, it was the exact same.
- =========================================================================
- 06-30-91 1.20 New Version 1.20
-
- Added another new function, WhoAmI. This
- is sorta like the WHOAMI.EXE program that Novell
- provides, just a little deeper. Basically combines
- some of the functionality of the Account
- Restrictions in SysCon, WHOAMI's display, and
- some other extras...
-
- LOCK received a screen blanker. After an
- inactivity period of about 5 minutes, the
- screen will go blank, and a spinner will appear
- in the lower right corner of your screen. This
- will continue until a key is pressed. Fixed
- a few minor interface problems in LOCK as well.
- For instance, when pressing the <Esc> key to
- type the password, if <Esc> is pressed again,
- LOCK does not display the "Invalid Password"
- message.
-
- A problem in PASSWORD was fixed that caused the
- "Minimum Password" error box to remain on the
- screen.
-
- The minimum password length no longer appears
- when typing the OLD password in PASSWORD.
-
- Changed a parameter in PASSWORD that allows you
- to specify the drive:path\filename of the
- password log file. For instance:
-
- LANTools Password /f /l=g:\anything\new.dat
- =========================================================================
- 07-16-91 2.00 New Version 2.00
-
- ATTACH did not work. It probably never worked,
- but I did not hear anything about it, and there
- is just one server in our office so it went
- unnoticed. This new version takes care of all
- the problems this program had. In addition to
- the Bug fixes, the password field is blanked out
- like other password fields.
-
- The most important feature of this new release
- is in the SEND and CAPTURE commands. Both
- of these new commands now support multi-server
- environments. If you need to capture to a
- printer on a different server, or send a
- message to a user on a remote server, you no
- longer need to make that your default server.
-
- SEND now allows users with Supervisor
- equivalence to send "anonymous" messages. This
- means that your user ID is not sent along with
- the message (just like BROADCAST from the
- file server).
-
- CAPTURE received many other small changes, most
- have to do with Multi-Server environments. Other
- changes include the ability to End Capture from
- any port (previously it selected only your default
- port). Many Interface changes.
-
- A new command, CheckPass has been added. This is
- a very simple utility that allows you to prompt
- the user for a password. If entered correctly,
- a DOS ERRORLEVEL of 1 is returned. Incorrect
- entries return a DOS ERRORLEVEL of 0.
- =========================================================================
- 07-16-91 2.01 Maintenance Release
-
- A bug in SEND caused non-supervisor users to
- receive an error message after pressing the
- <Enter> key to send the message and return to DOS.
- This problem is now corrected...woops!
- =========================================================================
- 08-10-91 2.10 New Version
-
- A typo disabled the Multi-Server functions.
- They're back!
-
- PASSWORD got a few cosmetic changes. For one,
- the opening screen displays a brief message
- about changing your password. A bug in the
- date logic caused the program to ignore when
- a user's password was about to expire. The
- program now checks the password expiration
- date, and if it's within 4 days, a prompt
- displays to change it..
-
- The Yes/No dialog boxes would not accept the
- "Y" or "N" keys as valid responses. They
- do now...
-
- Is there anyone out there? Please tell us if
- you like this program, or even if you don't.
- We'd like to know!
- =========================================================================
- 08-13-91 2.20 New Version
-
- A new command, DEFAULTQ has been added. This
- command allows you to set up default print
- queues for each user, then execute them
- in the login process or any other time. Please
- see the section "DEFAULTQ" above for more
- information on this command.
-
- =========================================================================
- 08-15-91 2.21 Maintenance Release
-
- DefaultQ had some problems, as expected in any
- new command. The command checks for SUPERVISOR
- equivalence to install the program. However, our
- logic was not right, and no one could install
- the default print queues...yikes!
-
- In the proces of fixing DefaultQ, we added a
- new parameter to the command, /U. This allows
- you to Un-Install DefaultQ should you decide
- to use another method of obtaining the user's
- default print queue.
-
-
- =========================================================================
-
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- ╘════════════╛
-
- No program is bug free. We try to make programs that do their job, but
- some bugs inevitably crawl into programs. That's a fact of life. If you
- find a bug, please let us know so we can correct it. The following is
- a list of bugs we know about and are working to correct:
-
- ATTACH - In Netware 386, if you do not use the command "SET UNENCRYPTED
- PASSWORDS = OFF", ATTACH will not work. I would not recommend that you
- set this option at the file server just to use ATTACH, since Netware's
- security may be compromised if you do. If you are using pre 3.00 shells,
- or are using Netware 286 version 2.1x, then you are already allowing
- unecrypted passwords, and you will not notice this problem. We are
- working on this one...
-
- PASSWORD - In Netware 386, if you are using Encrypted Passwords, PASSWORD
- will not work. Password will flag you that the server is encrypted,
- and the password will not be changed. Basically same as ATTACH...
-
-
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