Chapter 2 - Logging On to VINES File Volumes
Logging on to a heterogeneous network is the process of identifying yourself to the network and selecting the zone and file volumes where you want to work. This chapter describes how to
Identify yourself to VINES Use the Banyan Network Login Screen Log into the network Change your password Set login options Solve common login problems Log off the network
The first step in logging on to VINES servers is to identify yourself to the network. To do this, you need two items:
Your user name Your password
If you know these two items, continue reading. If not, see your system administrator before proceeding.
Your system administrator provides you with a user name that identifies you whenever you access the network and log on to a server. This user name is created in StreetTalk. StreetTalk is the VINES naming system that identifies every user and resource (such as printers, file volumes, and other network services) to the network.
Your StreetTalk user name consists of three parts, each separated by an at-sign (@). The three parts are:
Item Name - The most specific part of the name, such as your full name Group Name - The name of the group to which you belong, such as a department Organization Name - The name of the organization to which the group belongs, such as a company division, or company name
For a Macintosh user, your StreetTalk name can be a maximum of 31 characters long, including the at-sign separators.
Example StreetTalk Name
Duncan Fraser, a salesperson at the Chicago headquarters of World Commodity Trading, has this StreetTalk name:
Duncan Fraser@Sal@WCTUS
For a DOS or OS/2 workstation user, a StreetTalk name can be a maximum of 64 characters, including the at-sign separators. If your StreetTalk name is greater than 31 characters, and you are using a Macintosh, have your system administrator give you a StreetTalk nickname. You can use this nickname to log on to the network.
Example StreetTalk Nickname
Duncan Fraser might have the following nickname:
Duncanf@Sal@WCTUS
Note that you must include your group and organization names with your nickname, as shown in the above example. The total of all the characters in your nickname, group and organization names, and the at-signs, cannot exceed 31 characters.
Your password protects your user name so that only you can access the information and resources assigned specifically to you.
Passwords are created by your system administrator. Depending on the security features of your network, you may or may not be able to set and change your password. Make sure you understand and follow the correct password procedures at your site.
Passwords are up to 8 characters long and are case-sensitive - you must type them exactly as defined. For example, if Duncan Fraser' s password is "Tball," he must type Tball. The network will not accept entries such as tball or TBALL.
After you log on to a server for the first time, you may be authorized to change your own password. Instructions to do so are included later in this chapter.
The next section describes the Banyan Login Screen, and telly you how to log on to servers and access VINES file volumes. This is the AppleShare-compatible method of accessing network file volumes.
The Banyan Network Login Screen
The Banyan Login Screen allows you to enter your username and password, and login to the VINES network. You can also set your password and change your login options.
You can use one of three methods to access the Banyan Login Network Screen and log in to your network:
Banyan login Banyan icon in the Chooser Banyan application
Follow these steps to login to the network using Banyan login:
1. Double-click the Banyan Login icon on your local drive. If you placed an alias of the Banyan Login in your Apple menu, click the Banyan Login file in the Apple menu.
The Banyan Login Screen appears.
2. Enter your StreetTalk user name and password in the text boxes, and click OK.
Banyan logs you onto the network.
3. To select the file volume, choose the Chooser from the Apple menu.
4. Click on the Banyan icon.
5. If you network is connected to other networks, a list of zones appears in the AppleTalk Zones box in the lower left corner of the Chooser window. Scroll the list, if necessary, to find the server you want. The same VINES server can appear in more than one zone. If you are not sure which server you want, or if one is not listed, see your system administrator.
Click the name of the zone that contains the server you want to log on to.
6. A list of file volumes displays. Select the file volume you want, and click Mount.
Using the Banyan Icon in the Chooser
Follow these steps to login using the chooser:
1. Choose the Chooser from the Apple menu.
2. Click the Banyan icon. A Login button appears on the right. Make sure the AppleTalk option is set to Active.
Note: While Chooser lets you mount file services, Banyan recommends you do so only through Enterprise Access.
3. If your network is connected to other networks, a list of zones appears in the AppleTalk Zones box in the lower left corner of the Chooser window. Scroll the list, if necessary, to find the server you want. The same VINES server can appear in more than one zone. If you are not sure which server you want, or if it is not listed, see your system administrator.
Click the name of the zone that contains the server you want to log on to.
Note: You can log on to the same server from different zones, but you cannot mount the same file volume from different zones.
4. Click the Login button. The Banyan Login Screen appears.
5. Enter your StreetTalk user name and password in the text boxes, and click OK.
Banyan logs you into the network, and displays the Chooser menu.
6. From the Chooser menu, click on the Banyan icon.
7. Click the name of the zone that contains the server you want to log on to.
8. A list of file volumes displays. Select the file volume you want, and click Mount.
Follow these steps to login using a Banyan application.
1. Double-click the Banyan application located on your local drive.
If you placed an alias of the Banyan application in your Apple menu, click the Banyan application in the Apple menu.
2. The Banyan Login screen appears.
3. Enter your StreetTalk user name and password in the text boxes, and click OK.
Banyan logs you into the network.
4. To select the file volume, choose the Chooser from the Apple menu.
5. Click on the Banyan icon.
6. If you network is connected to other networks, a list of zones appears in the AppleTalk Zones box in the lower left corner of the Chooser window. Scroll the list, if necessary, to find the server you want. The same VINES server can appear in more than one zone. If you are not sure which server you want, or if one is not listed, see your system administrator.
Click the name of the zone that contains the server you want to log on to.
7. A list of file volumes displays. Select the file volume you want, and click Mount.
If the security features of your network allow you to change your password, follow these steps:
1. From the Banyan Login screen, click Set Password. (If you are already logged in, you must log out and select the Banyan Login screen again.)
The Password dialog box appears
2. Enter your old password and new password in the text boxes. Use the Tab key to toggle between the two text boxes. If you make mistakes, delete and retype text.
If the echo preference is enabled, you can select the text you want to correct and retype it. See "Login Options" later in this document
3. Click OK. A dialog box prompting you to enter your new password appears.
4. Click OK.
5. Enter your new password and text in the text box, and click OK.
Note: The Set Password button in the Chooser and AppleShare dialog boxes is not supported by Banyan.
If You Have Problems Confirming Your Password
The software will not confirm your password if:
The confirmation password does not match. The new password is the same as the old password.
The software displays an error message dialog box if the password is not confirmed. If this occurs, click OK to remove the dialog box, then follow the steps in "Changing Your Password."
You can set login options by clicking the Options button on the Banyan Login Network Screen. Login options enable you to:
Login at system startup time: Display the Banyan Login Screen when the workstation is started.
Display "." in password: Display the password characters when you enter your password. By default, the password is not echoed.
Look first at zone name: Access the resources in the zone you specify when you login.
Look first in server name: Access the services associated with the server you specify.
Follow these steps to set login options:
1. From the Banyan Login screen, click Options. The following dialog box appears.
2. Click in the boxes to choose the options. Options marked with an "X" are active.
3. Complete your login into the network. You must log in successfully for the options to take effect.
4. Restart your workstation. The options you selected are now active.
If You Have Problems Logging In
If you cannot log on successfully to a VINES server, the Chooser displays a short explanatory message. Barring a physical problem with the network, the most common causes are incorrectly entered StreetTalk user names or passwords.
The following error messages that can display during login:
Cannot process your profile because the system software on this Macintosh is too old: Install System 7 on the Macintosh workstation.
Cannot get profile: Banyan error message: Contact your system administrator
Insufficient memory to process your profile: Remove other init programs from your workstation and restart.
Login was not completely successful...logging you out: Log in again. The user profile contains a LOGIN ABORT statement that automatically logs the user out when an error is encountered in a SETDRIVE or SETPRINT command.
"USE" statements nested too deep: Change the USE statement in the user profile so that there are only three levels of USE statements.
Warning:/Root ignored, service-name: Add SETDRIVE without the root switch in the "IF WORKSTATION=MAC" statement.
Cannot get AppleTalk zone information in service-name: Install AppleTalk. Install the site patch for VINES 5.5 on the service 5.52(5)-VNS-Ef-1 or any later versions.
service-name is not available: Wait until the file volume or printer becomes available.
service-name is already mounted: Continue with the desired application.
Cannot choose service-name because the current printer type is not LaserWriter: Choose LaserWriter as the Macintosh printer type.
Error accessing printer resources: Re-install the printer device.
Error choosing the printer: Re-install the printer device.
Cannot change your password: Banyan error message Try changing the password again. If this fails, see your system administrator.
Follow these steps to log out of the network:
1. Double-click the Banyan Logout icon on your local drive. If you placed an alias of the Banyan Logout in your Apple menu, click the Banyan Logout file in the Apple menu.
You are now logged out. The network closes any open network applications or files.
Situations sometimes occur when the server you are logged onto shuts down. There are two ways for this to occur:
The system administrator shuts down the server The server shuts down unexpectedly due to unforeseen hardware or software problems
Thus, one of two types of server shutdown messages appear on your screen when this happens. The first type is a "controlled" shutdown performed by the system administrator. A controlled shutdown displays two messages. The first message warns that the server will shut down in one minute:
Should this message appear, you have one minute to save your file(s) and close any open applications. The second message appears one minute later:
The second type of shutdown messages occurs when the server shuts down unexpectedly, due to a hardware or software problem. One of two messages appear:
Should either of these "unexpected shutdown" messages appear, see your system administrator.
