> Hello,
>
> we are running Mercury32 4.51 on Windows XP and Windows 2000
> Server as IMAP-Servers and Mercury Pop3 Server module 1.48 on
> Netware 6.5
>
> On both IMAP- and Pop3-Servers the Client has to login with
> the full Novell-Name like .User.Context.Tree to authenticate
> with Novell NDS.
>
> To make things easier for our Users is there a way to make a
> login with only the Username (without the Container and Tree)
> possible?
This is what I see in the readme.nds for POP3, it's probably good for IMAP4 as well:
11: POP3 server considerations
Under NDS, it is possible to have exactly the same username defined in
multiple contexts in your NDS tree. This can pose a problem for MERCNDSP,
the POP3 server, in that when presented with a name like "david", it may
be unable to tell which of several possible "david"s in your NDS tree is
the proper user. To get around this, you can take one of two approaches:
* Require your users to give a full NDS distinguished name when
logging in to the server (for example, "david.dev.pmail").
* Create a POP3 alias file, POPALIAS.MER, in SYS:SYSTEM. This file
simply equates a simple username (like "david") to the full NDS
format used for logging in (like "david.dev.pmail"). POPALIAS.MER
is a simple text file where each line has the form:
<pop3_login_name> = <nds_username>
As an example, using the names above, you would have the line
david = david.dev.pmail
NDS usernames must be expressed as full paths relative to the root
of your NDS tree. Each line must begin hard against the left margin.
Lines beginning with #, * or ; are regarded as comments and are
ignored.
>
> Usernames are unique.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Anke
>
&gt; Hello,
&gt;
&gt; &nbsp;we are running Mercury32 4.51 on Windows XP and Windows 2000
&gt; Server as IMAP-Servers and Mercury Pop3 Server module 1.48 on
&gt; Netware 6.5
&gt;
&gt; On both IMAP- and Pop3-Servers the Client has to login with
&gt; the full Novell-Name like .User.Context.Tree to authenticate
&gt; with Novell NDS.
&gt;
&gt; To make things easier for our Users is there a way to make a
&gt; login with only the Username (without the Container and Tree)
&gt; possible?
This is what I see in the readme.nds for POP3, it's probably good for IMAP4 as well:
11: POP3 server considerations
Under NDS, it is possible to have exactly the same username defined in
multiple contexts in your NDS tree. This can pose a problem for MERCNDSP,
the POP3 server, in that when presented with a name like "david", it may
be unable to tell which of several possible "david"s in your NDS tree is
the proper user. To get around this, you can take one of two approaches:
&nbsp; * Require your users to give a full NDS distinguished name when
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; logging in to the server (for example, "david.dev.pmail").
&nbsp; * Create a POP3 alias file, POPALIAS.MER, in SYS:SYSTEM. This file
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; simply equates a simple username (like "david") to the full NDS
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; format used for logging in (like "david.dev.pmail"). POPALIAS.MER
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is a simple text file where each line has the form:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;pop3_login_name&gt; = &lt;nds_username&gt;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As an example, using the names above, you would have the line
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; david = david.dev.pmail
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NDS usernames must be expressed as full paths relative to the root
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of your NDS tree. Each line must begin hard against the left margin.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lines beginning with #, * or ; are regarded as comments and are
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ignored.
&gt;
&gt; Usernames are unique.
&gt;
&gt; Thanks for your help
&gt;
&gt; &nbsp;Anke
&gt;
&nbsp;
