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by tal.baror

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Hello!!

i have to diffrent os system in my network
novell 4.11 and nt 4 sp6a
and latley i have modifed the nt
registery and added pasffilt.dll to enable
strong password requirment
since then when the novell system
prompt to change password before expiring
and then when the user change the password
it's want be synchronize with nt system
Pleas advise
Thanks in Advance

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by erikdr

If NT is solely NT Workstation, this sync is being done automatically by Workstation Manager, part of the Novell client (has to be switched on explicitly!). You might need to upgrade to the latest version of the client to support this new NT policy.
If NT is on servers also, I really wonder how the sync worked before you did the upgrade. Normally spoken, you'd need an add-on product for this sync - like Novell NDS for NT.

Hope this helps,

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by walterzalewski

I'm not completely sure of what you are asking. I believe what you said was that you have an NT Domain and Novell network, correct? When you change the Novell password, it's asking you if you want to synch the NT password correct?
That is normal and it's asking you to synch the passwords so the user only has to enter their passwords once, and it will 'pass through' from the Novell logon to the NT logon (assuming your Novell client is coming up first). If you don't want the synch, I believe there is an option in the Novell client to shut off 'pass through'(check out Novell's knowledgebase).
I'd usually recommend letting people synch their passwords as it makes administering that much easier.
Hope that helps. Good luck.

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