Novell login limiting

Dennis VanArsdale dvanarsd at systema.westark.edu
Mon Mar 13 13:51:08 EST 2000


We are a Novell campus, and have the Novell Login (v.3.02 (2.0)) 
on our public-use workstations.  Workstations use Win95 and 
Win98.  No WinNT allowed at this time.

While we have a standard login name and password for our users 
to access our catalog and databases in the library, a number of 
students deliberately reboot the workstations in an attempt to login 
with their own names so they can reach network services available 
elsewhere on campus (email, word processing, etc.) under their 
own logins.  This messes up the workstation for all subsequent 
users and often locks it up completely.
It doesn't matter if they succeed, either -- they keep trying anyway. 
Signs, of course, are useless.

We have WinSelect, but it cannot do anything about a login that 
occurs so early in the boot procedure.

I would like to lock in the name and login, or -- better yet --
automate the login process so users never even see a login prompt.

Any suggestions that would work under these conditions, or 
perhaps add-on software that could automate or lock the login?
As stated: no, we can't switch to NT at this time.

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Dennis G. Van Arsdale, Technical Services Librarian
Boreham Library, Westark College*********
P.O. Box 3649  Fort Smith ARkansas 72913-3649
(501) 788-7206  -- dvanarsd at systema.westark.edu
http://www.westark.edu
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