| > When I do "dir node::" from a vms system to an nt system running pw32,
> I get a directory of my wnt system32 directory. Is there a way to
> change this default directory to something else?
> Also, when I specify a valid nt user on the "dir" line, I still get
> the wnt system32 directory. Shouldn't I get the nt user's default
> directory?
Sorry, not at present. The spawner is running in the system32 directory, so
that will be the current working directory for the FAL executable. To get a
different directory, you could turn off the spawner service, and then go to
a DOS box, CD to your favorite directory and invoke c:\foo>spawn32 /console.
But that's a lot of trouble, and of course doesn't get you per-user
directories.
You could QAR the problem and maybe I can get management to buy into
investigating this for a future release.
> BTW, this did not work until I added the NT user to
> the NCP database with the "def access" command!
The spawner will recognise local NT accounts, but you have to turn on an
additional privilege in the User Manager:
| To grant proper access for DECnet objects using the NT user
| accounts, follow these steps:
|
| 1. From the Start button, click Programs -->
| Administrative Tools --> User Manager.
|
| 2. From the User Manager application's top-level menu, click
| Policies --> User Rights.
|
| 3. In the User Rights Policy window, select the box preceding
| "Show Advanced Rights".
|
| 4. Click on the "Right" box and select "Log on as a batch job".
|
| 5. Click "Add" to display the "Add Users and Groups" window.
| To select users and groups, you might consider all the
| choices in the "List Names From" list. Once you select a
| name (for example, a specific account name such as
| "Administrators" or "Everyone"), click "OK" to return
| to the User Rights Policy window. Then click "OK" again,
| and exit the User Manager.
-Steve
|