NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows User Guide

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Using the WSUPDATE Utility

Using WSUPDATE to Update Files on Client Workstations

Use SYSCON for NetWare 2 and NetWare 3™ workstations. Use the

NetWare Administrator graphical utility or the NETADMIN text utility for

NetWare 4™ workstations. All three procedures are documented in this

section.

Using SYSCON

This utility is used only with NetWare 2 and 3 networks.

For NetWare 4 networks, use the NWADMIN or NetWare Administrator

utility to edit a speciﬁc container proﬁle. See “Using NetWare

Administrator” or “Using NETADMIN” for information.

Prerequisites

• A client workstation logged in to the network, running a copy of Novell DOS™

7 or later, DR DOS® 5 or later, MS-DOS* 3 or later, or PC-DOS* 3 or later

• Rights to modify a system login script

• A search drive mapped to SYS:PUBLIC

Procedure

1 Log in to a server as SUPERVISOR by typing

2 Enter a password (if required).

3 Load SYSCON by typing

SYSCON <Enter>

4 From the “Available Topics” menu, choose “Supervisor Options.”

5 Choose “System Login Script.”

A window appears that allows you to edit or create a login script.

6 In the login script, map a drive to the network file you want copied to the client

workstations.

For example, if you want to copy the NE2000.COM ﬁle from the \DRIVERS

directory to drive J: on the workstations, add a drive mapping similar to the

following:

MAP J:=VOL2:DRIVERS\

7 Insert the WSUPDATE command after the drive mapping into the login script by

typing