Re: server alerts

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 12/20/02 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:22:22 -0500

I could be wrong, but I'm not sure it's either. AFAIK, Novell sends these
types of messages out by default as global broadcasts to all logged in
users, not to a particular user or to a windows workgroup. In the
environment I am remembering, all Windows clients running Netware Client32
to log into a Netware 3.x / 4.x server received these broadcasts, regardless
of user name, workgroup, etc. The castoff command as I remember it
permitted you to control what level of broadcast your workstation received,
e.g. only urgent broadcast, all informational and urgent broadcasts, etc.

"Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu> wrote in message
news:uRIaLJDqCHA.1628@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> Hi Karl,
>
> I see I mistakenly replied to your post rather than to
> the originating post. Oops . . .
>
> Yes, if the guess is correct, that this is happening due to
> leaving things defaulting to Administrators, then the fairly
> standard rename and create of a disabled powerless account
> by name of Administrator would be advised (even though
> this may be an isolated environment).
>
> If Novell is sending to the workgroup name then there
> would not be much available to get rid of these unless
> it allows changing to what name the messages are sent.
>
> --
> Roger
>
> "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:#eF2nbBqCHA.2308@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > 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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