Re: server alerts
From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 12/20/02
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From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:10:22 -0500
That is a good point... shared login IDs like Administrator are not ideal,
because you have no accountability, no way to know who did what using that
account.
"Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu> wrote in message
news:e2ZDWp9pCHA.1376@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> Alerts are usually sent by name of the receiving account.
> I would assume that everyone is using the Administrator
> account. If this is so, configure Novell to send to a
> specific account other than Administrator, or better,
> get the workstation users logging in with an account
> other than Administrator.
>
> --
> Roger
>
> "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:O0WqNi7pCHA.1988@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> > If Novell is broadcasting the alerts, you would probably want to check
> with
> > Novell and your Novell documentation.
> >
> > For example, in previous versions of the Netware NOS and client, there
was
> a
> > command you could issue on a workstation, something like CASTOFF ALL
or
> > CASTOFF [enter your parameters here]. Since you're running Novell 3.2,
I
> > would imagine that command might still exist. If memory serves it might
> > actually reside on one of the shared folders on the Netware server but
is
> > actually executed per workstation. You could add a command such as this
> to
> > the login script for each account or group that you wish to not receive
> > messages like this. There may be other ways to do this, such as options
> in
> > the client, I don't know. Note that this is a Netware command, not a
> > Microsoft command.
> >
> > Mentioning whether you're using Netware Client32 or the Microsoft Client
> for
> > Netware is probably worth while, since this may make a difference in the
> > answer you receive.
> >
> > I assume you've been doing some thinking about upgrading your version of
> > Netware? Hackers have been hacking Netware 3x and 4x for a while, even
> > though nowadays it's probably less common.
> >
> >
> > "Keith" <keithprime@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:06da01c2a7af$7639a580$8ef82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA04...
> > > We have recently moved to windows 2000 pro at our desktops.
> > > All users pc's are setup with Administrator rights (we
> > > have no domains on or network)
> > >
> > > We use Novell 3.2 for our file and print sharing. Well we
> > > have server alerts being broadcast when there are space
> > > issues or resource issues on any of our volumes and all of
> > > the Win2k Pro boxes with users that have Administator
> > > rights are receiving these alerts.
> > >
> > > My question is, Is there a way to prevent a win2k pro
> > > administrator account from receiving server alerts? If so
> > > please advise on how to do so.
> > > Thanks for any assistance.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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