Q147873: Semicolon Not Processed Correctly in NetWare Login Script

Article: Q147873
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbpolicy win95kbfixlist
Last Modified: 25-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are using the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks or the Microsoft
Service for NDS, a semicolon (;) in a SET statement in a NetWare login script
may be parsed as a character, rather than as a join parameter, by the login
script processor.

RESOLUTION
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STATUS
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This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install
the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of
Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Novell login script processor requires a semicolon in SET statements to
concatenate an environment variable and a string. For example:

  set <a>=<b>;"text string"

If <b> = "this is a ", <a> is set to "this is a text string."

The Windows 95 login script processor would set <a> to "this is a ;text
string."

Additional query words: user system tree

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbpolicy win95 kbfixlist
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbprb

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