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Title:Kit: Note 4229; Please use NOTED::PWDOSWIN5 for V4.x server
Notice:Kit: Note 4229; Please use NOTED::PWDOSWIN5 for V4.x server
Moderator:CPEEDY::KENNEDY
Created:Fri Dec 18 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4319
Total number of notes:18478

4246.0. "$NET USER username /TIME: and NET3768" by TOHOPE::WSA028::DOWNING_L () Thu Apr 03 1997 20:57

I have a customer who wants to restrict a users login period to between
8am and 5pm and then between 9pm and Midnight each workday.

His is using the command $NET USER username /TIME:
but is not able to get the syntax of the timeperiod correct. 

He keeps getting NET3768

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net helpmsg 3768

NET3768:  An illegal day range has been supplied.


EXPLANATION

You specified an illegal range of days.

You must also type a hyphen between the first and last days of each range.

ACTION

When specifying days, use only the complete names of
the days or valid LAN Manager abbreviations. Valid abbreviations are:

     M, T, W, Th, F, Sa, Su

Be sure to use a hyphen to separate the beginning and
end of each range of days.

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This is possible via the ADMIN PATHWORKS utility, but he is asking
how exactly to do this via the DCL command NET USER.

He's concerned that the ADMIN PATHWORKS utility will not be around in an
upcoming version and he needs this functionality from the NET commands.

Anyway, is this command syntax documented somewhere?

-Linda
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
4246.1Phew, it _does_ workVMSNET::P_NUNEZFri Apr 04 1997 09:2029
    Linda,
    
    It's likely just a spacing issue.  The net commands are very, very
    sensitive to where you put a space.  But it does work (on ninemm):
    
    $ net user nunez /time:m-f,8am-5pm;m-f,9pm-12am
    The command completed successfully.
    
    Notice no spaces in the entire /time string and I did have to specify
    the days (m-f) for both time frames even though they cover the same
    days.  Separate different time frames by a semi-colon (;). 
    
    $ net user nunez
    		...
    		...
    		...
    Logon hours allowed          Monday 08:00AM - 05:00PM
                                 Monday 09:00PM - Tuesday 00:00AM
                                 Tuesday 08:00AM - 05:00PM
                                 Tuesday 09:00PM - Wednesday 00:00AM
                                 Wednesday 08:00AM - 05:00PM
                                 Wednesday 09:00PM - Thursday 00:00AM
                                 Thursday 08:00AM - 05:00PM
                                 Thursday 09:00PM - Friday 00:00AM
                                 Friday 08:00AM - 05:00PM
                                 Friday 09:00PM - Saturday 00:00AM
    
    
    Paul
4246.2Might hurtVMSNET::P_NUNEZFri Apr 04 1997 09:248
    
    On an aside, setting up restricted logon hours has been known to
    trigger problems in the server (problems you might not have if you
    weren't).  Hate to be so vague, but you might want to look thru some
    recent release notes (v5.0e eco1 and v5.0d eco3) for indications of
    fixes (unless the customer is already at v5.0e eco1).
    
    Paul