This is the README file for NCON.EXE which contains NETCON.EXE
Version 1.12 which replaces NETCON.EXE v1.00 that ships with NNS v1.0
for NetWare v2.15C and above and NetWare v3.x.

The following files are included for this revision:

     NETCON.EXE   418998   03-16-93   8:27a
     NETCON.DOC   this file

Purpose:

1)  NETCON.EXE Version 1.12 supports NCP Packet Signature.

2)  The membership list associated with a Profile can contain either a 
USER object or a GROUP object.  If a GROUP object is entered as the 
member of the profile, then each member of that GROUP will be assigned 
to that profile.  If you were to select one of the users that is in 
the given group and check the profiles that he/she belongs to, the profile 
that the GROUP had been assigned to would appear in the list.
When the group EVERYONE is added to a profile then every user in the 
domain will have rights to that profile.  When you create a new user in 
the domain that user is added to the group EVERYONE but is subsequently 
not added to the profile that the group EVERYONE belongs to.  With 
NETCON.EXE Version 1.12 when a new user is created and group EVERYONE is 
a member of a profile, the new user is given the needed rights to the 
given profile.

2)  When synchronizing objects (users) across a domain NETCON.EXE v1.00
would return the following error:

	"Error Occurred on Server, <server name>, While Synchronizing 
         OLD_PASSWORDS Changes For Object, <user name>.  This Error
	 will be Logged In The Error Log File"  

This error occurs when the property 'OLD_PASSWORDS' is created prior
to the user object being created in the bindery.  This only occurs on 
servers in which the object is being synchronized.  When synchronizing
objects to other servers, NETCON.EXE Version 1.12 checks to see if the user
object exists before attempting to create the property 'OLD_PASSWORDS'.
If the user object does not exist on the server, the object is then created
followed by the creation of the property 'OLD_PASSWORDS'.   

NOTE:  This problem only manifests itself when REQUIRE UNIQUE PASSWORDS 
is set to YES.

3)  When a server is being added to a domain, NETCON.EXE synchronizes the 
users personal login scripts to the incoming server.  NETCON.EXE is also
supposed to synchronize the print job configurations, if they exist.  
NETCON.EXE v1.00 does not check for the PRINTCON.DAT file.  NETCON.EXE 
Version 1.12 does check for the PRINTCON.DAT file and if it exists 
NETCON.EXE will synchronize it to the incoming server.

To install this utility:     
 
1)    Flag NETCON.EXE as SRW (Sharable Read Write) in the PUBLIC directory.

2)    Rename NETCON.EXE to NETCON.OLD in the PUBLIC directory for backup
      purposes.
    
3)    Copy NETCON.EXE to the PUBLIC directory.

4)    Flag the new copies of NETCON.EXE back to SRO (Sharable Read-Only).

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                                DISCLAIMER
   
     Novell, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with
respect to this software patch, and specifically disclaims any
express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose.  Novell's intentions for this software patch is
to provide a temporary work-around to the anomalies described in
this file.  Such work-arounds are typically addressed in future
releases of NetWare.   
     Novell will not be responsible for any data loss that may
result from implementing this patch.  Novell strongly recommends a
backup be made before any patch is applied.   Technical support for
this patch is provided at the discretion of Novell.   
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                                   CAUTION

ALWAYS backup your system before implementing any program/utility revision
involving the low-level functions of NetWare including re-linking of
operating system .OBJ files, Bindery utilities, drive and volume operation,
etc.

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