NTWS4 and novelle

buzza:

Basically, use Novell's Client. This will still allow you to logon locally (to your workstation). You can use MS's client, but it is usually a pain IMHO.

Check Novell's site, as there is a wealth of information there. Also, if you're using NW5+, check the info on using ZENworks.It allows you to synch everything up and there are a lot of handy things you can do.

You simply can't disable NT login because you still have to log into the local file system of the NT machine, or to a Domain Controller if you have NT servers. If profiles are concern to you, then you should look into Zen Works to control workstation policies from NDS. NT Workstation is not Windows 9x, you have local security on the machine to prevent unauthorized access, so you can't disable the NT login, because you need it to authenticate into the local SAM database of the machine. If allyou want to do is bypass logging into a domain, then you can select the advanced button opon client login and go to nt/2000 tab, there you should be able to see a login from: field. You should be able to choose either the domain or local machine asthe NT authenticator, as well as the NT user you wish to log in as..independent of the NDS user. This allows you to log into NDS while logging in as another user on the NT side for profile reasons. If you have a PDC and wish to keep NT and Novell passwords synchorized at all times, then look into NDS for NT to manage your NT domains from NDS. I have installed it and all I can say is that it saved me a lot of time and trouble having to manange password on both systems. All is done from a central place..nwadmin32.