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- DOCUMENT:Q106102 05-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Environment Vars in Logon Scripts on a Non-Windows NT Client
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SUMMARY
- =======
-
- If you use Windows NT system environment variables in a logon script,
- those environment variables will not be correctly resolved when you
- attempt to log on to a non-Windows NT client.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- Windows NT allows you to specify a logon script as part of the profile
- for each user name account on the domain and on the local computer.
- Each time an attempt is made to log on with a particular user name,
- the user name's associated logon script will execute. Within the logon
- script, you may include Windows NT system environment variables.
- However, if you attempt to log on to a Windows NT Advanced
- Server-based domain from a non-Windows NT client, any Windows NT
- system environment variables contained within the logon script will
- not be resolved on the non-Windows NT client. This is expected
- behavior because the Windows NT system environment variables are not
- defined on the non-Windows NT client.
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. Create the following logon script in any text editor and save it as
- TSTSCRPT.BAT:
-
- echo off
- echo hello %USERNAME%
- echo thank you for logging on to %USERDOMAIN%
- pause
-
- 2. Using User Manager for Domains on a Windows NT Advanced Server
- Domain Controller, create a domain user account called 'Test' and
- modify the profile so that TSTSCRPT.BAT is specified as the Logon
- Script Name.
-
- 3. Log on to the domain from a client computer running a non-Windows
- NT networking operating system, such as LAN Manager or Windows for
- Workgroups 3.1. The logon script will execute and the following will
- be displayed on the screen:
-
- hello
- thank you for logging on to
- Press any key to continue...
-
- The environment variables %USERNAME% and %USERDOMAIN% will not be
- resolved, thus leaving no information on the screen for those values.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: ntap netsrv
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