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 Recovering Bindery Information in NetWare 3.11 when the Supervisor Password
                                 is Unknown

In 286 based versions of NetWare, recovering bindery information when the
Supervisor password had been forgotten is possible with the DISKED utility.
 DISKED.EXE is one of the file server utility files that is linked and
configured while running NETGEN in NetWare versions 2.x, or INSTALL in
version 2.2.  This procedure is well documented in the Novell Service &
Support Student Manual and the NetWare Advisor, and will not be discussed
in this document.

NetWare v3.11 does not have a utility that corresponds to DISKED, so
recovery of bindery information is not possible through this means.
Nevertheless, there is a simple method to recover NetWare 3.11 bindery
information that makes use of the server-based installation utilities.

You will need the following to perform the recovery steps:

1.    Access to the 3.11 server, including the ability to DOWN the server.

2.    LOGIN.EXE on a boot disk.

3.    A DOS bootable diskette.

4.    A workstation to attach to the 3.11 server.


There are three ways to perform this operation depending upon the
configuration of your file server: 1.)using unassigned volume space on a
NetWare partition to create a temporary volume SYS, 2.) temporarily
renaming existing multiple volumes, or 3.) temporarily installing an
additional hard drive in the server to act as a temporary volume SYS.  The
least cumbersome of these methods is the first option, and it is desrcibed
below.

                                 DISCLAIMER

Although I have performed this procedure many times with no loss of
existing data, I do not give any guarantees or warranties, express or
implied, that the use of this procedure will work without loss of data on
any or all systems.  You assume all liability and responsibility for any
potential loss of data associated with the use of this procedure.


USING UNASSIGNED VOLUME SPACE

This method is the easiest to use and is possible only if you have not
allocated all available disk space in the NetWare partitions to server
volumes.

At the file server console, load the installation NLM by typing "LOAD
INSTALL".

Select the "VOLUME INFORMATION" option and press the return key.  A window
will open and display the volumes that have been defined on the server.

Highlight volume "SYS" and press the enter key.  A window will open
displaying information about volume SYS: .

Move the cursor to the "Mounted" value at the VOLUME STATUS field and press
the enter key.  Highlight "Dismount Volume" with the cursor and press the
Enter key.

Now that volume SYS is dismounted, move the cursor up to the VOLUME field
and press the enter key when the SYS is highlighted.  The cursor will be
resting right after the name SYS.  Type in "OLD" and press the enter key.

A window will open up and prompt you if you want to change the name of
volume SYS to SYSOLD.  Highlight the "YES" selection and press the enter
key.

If you were successful in renaming volume SYS, the "VOLUMES" window will
display the volume "SYSOLD" and "SYS" will not be shown.

Press insert to create a new volume SYS:. Make it a least 5 Mb in size. Do
not be concerned about the use of disk space, you will delete this new
volume SYS: later.

Toggle to the system console by pressing the "ALT " and "ESC" keys.  Mount
the SYS: and the SYSOLD: volumes by typing "Mount ALL" at the system
console prompt.

At a workstation, boot DOS and run IPX and NETx ( LSL, mlid file, IPXODI
and NETx if you are using ODI drivers) as you normally would.  Once you are
attached to the file server, run LOGIN.EXE that is on your boot diskette .
Since you did not copy any System and Public files into the new volume
SYS:, LOGIN.EXE will not be in the LOGIN directory.

When prompted for a user name, type in "SUPERVISOR" and press the enter
key.  Since this is a new user SUPERVISOR created in a new bindery on the
new volume SYS: when SYS was mounted, there will be no password on this
account.

After the default login script runs, change directory to the root by typing
"CD\" and pressing the enter key.

Change directory to the \PUBLIC subdirectory on the SYSOLD: volume by
typing the following:  CD SYSOLD:PUBLIC.  You must type this command at the
root level on volume SYS: and exactly as shown with a space between the CD
and the volume name.

When you are at the SYSOLD:PUBLIC directory, map a search drive to
SYSOLD:PUBLIC by typing "MAP S16:=SYSOLD:PUBLIC" and pressing the enter
key.

Either MAP a drive letter to SYSOLD:SYSTEM or type"CD\SYSTEM" and press the
enter key.

In SYSOLD:SYSTEM, remove the hidden, system and transaction tracked
attributes from the bindery files, NET$OBJ.SYS, NET$PROP.SYS and
NET$VAL.SYS by typing " FLAG NET$*.SYS -h t sy" and pressing the enter key.

Rename the same bindery file to the same name but with the extension ".OLD"
by typing "REN NET$*.SYS *.OLD" and pressing the enter key.

Logout from the server.

At the file server console, toggle back to the INSTALL server utility by
pressing "ALT" and the "ESC" key until the utility appears.  If you have
not performed any other functions on the server the INSTALL utility should
be at the VOLUMES window and "SYS" and "SYSOLD" should be displayed.  If
for some reason, the INSTALL utility was unloaded, load it by typing "LOAD
INSTALL" at the console prompt, select "VOLUME OPTIONS", press return and
the VOLUMES window should appear.

Toggle to the system console by pressing "ALT" and the "ESC" keys.
Dismount both volumes by typing "DISMOUNT SYS" and "DISMOUNT SYSOLD".

Toggle back to the INSTALL utility using the "ALT" and "ESC" keys.

In the "VOLUMES" window, move the cursor to the new volume SYS and press
the delete key.  Confirm the deletion when prompted.

Move the cursor to the "SYSOLD" volume and press the enter key.  A window
should open up giving information about volume SYSOLD.  Remember that this
is the original volume SYS:, so take caution NOT TO DELETE THIS BY ACCIDENT
!

The VOLUME name field should be highlighted.  Press the enter key.  The
cursor should be resting just to the right of the "D" in the volume name
"SYSOLD".  Backspace over the "D L O", leaving just the name, "SYS" in this
field and press the enter key.

A window should open up asking you if you want to rename "SYSOLD" to "SYS".
 Move the cursor to the "YES" option and press the enter key to complete
the rename operation.  If this was successful, you should have the volume
name "SYS" in the "VOLUMES" window on the file server screen.

Toggle back to the system console by pressing the "ALT" and "ESC" keys and
mount volume SYS by typing "MOUNT SYS" and pressing the enter keys.
Go back to the work station, re-boot, attach to the file server and login
as SUPERVISOR.  Since you 'hid' the existing bindery from the system by
renaming the files with an ".OLD" extension, a brand new set of bindery
files was created when you mounted SYS.  These new bindery files contained
three objects, the group Everyone and the users Supervisor and Guest, both
without a password.

Now that you are in your original SYS: volume as Supervisor, you need to
restore the old bindery as your existing bindery.

Either MAP a drive to SYS:SYSTEM, or CD to SYSTEM.

Type "BINDREST" at the DOS prompt and press the enter key.  BINDREST.EXE
will copy the NET$OBJ.OLD, NET$PROP.OLD and NET$VAL.OLD over the new
NET$OBJ.SYS, NET$PROP.SYS and NET$VAL.SYS making these files your existing
bindery.

Go into SYSCON and select "USER OPTIONS" and press the enter key.  Your old
users should show up in the window.

The most important last step is to change the Supervisor password while you
are still logged in as Supervisor.



Chris Chance