"Cannot find the file \\PDC\NETLOGON\SCRIPT1.SCR
make sure the file exists on your system and the path and filename are correct"

upon receiving this message I tried and succeded in connecting to the netlogon share to check if the script1.scr is still there.

Has anyone come accross this problem before? or more importantly can anyone help. Many thanks.

Post your script, thanks.

Rgds

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Don Davidson
Network Engineer
http://www.insight-media.co.uk

:Script1.scr
? "Setting DOS variables..."
SHELL "winset.exe USERNAME=@USERID"
SHELL "Winset.exe ADDRESS=@ADDRESS"
SHELL "Winset.exe COMPUTER=@WKSTA"
SHELL "Winset.exe DOMAIN=@DOMAIN"
SHELL "Winset.exe COMMENT=@COMMENT"
SHELL "Winset.exe FULLNAME=@FULLNAME"
SHELL "Winset.exe HOMEDIR=@HOMEDIR"
SHELL "Winset.exe HOMESHR=@HOMESHR"
SHELL "Winset.exe LSERVER=@LSERVER"
SHELL "Winset.exe PRIV=@PRIV"
? "Done."
Call groups.scr
EXIT

:Groups.scr
use u: /delete
use g: /delete
use t: /delete

use u: "\\gbcoty194c010\"+@userid

If INGROUP("marketing")
use g:"\\gbcoty194c010\marketing"
endif

If INGROUP("Domain Admins")
use t: "\\gbcoty194c010\users"
Endif

small
Color b+/n
BOX (0,0,24,79,GRID) ; 'background grid'
Color b/n
sleep 3
BOX (8,21,18,61,Å) ; 'shadow' of the box
Color g+/n
BOX (7,20,17,60,FULL)

Color w+/n
AT ( 9,25) "Userid : " ; display some text strings
AT (10,25) "Full name : "
AT (11,25) "Privilege : "
AT (12,25) "Workstation : "
AT (13,25) "Domain : "
AT (14,25) "Logon Server : "

Color y+/n
AT ( 9,40) @userid ; ...and some macro's
AT (10,40) @fullname
AT (11,40) @priv
AT (12,40) @wksta
AT (13,40) @domain
AT (14,40) @lserver

Color w/n
AT (16,25) "Press anykey to continue."
if exist( @ldrive+"\jbond.spk")
play file @ldrive+"\jbond.spk"
else
get $x
endif
exit

The logon.bat is called from the users logon profile when he/she logs in.

Furthermore, the kixtart RPC service is running on the server.

Back to the problem at hand...

• logon.bat starts up script1.scr
  
• script1.scr defines a few variables (why? I don't know.. see above) and then "calls" another script groups.scr
  
• groups.scr executes, but finish's with an EXIT, not a RETURN
  

My thoughts are that when groups.scr finishes, kix sits there watiting to return back to script1.scr, but just doesn't get there... try adding a return to the end of groups.scr instead of exit
See http://kixtart.to/script/manual/KiXtartCommandReference.htm

Even better,

• trash all the winset stuff (Your scripts don't reference their variables at all) unless you use them elsewhere.
  
• can the idea of "calling" groups.scr and just include it within script1.scr. Your certainly not running into memory problems or pushing the boundaries of kix but doing that.
  

So...
Logon.bat

quote:

---

@echo off
%0\..\Kix32.exe %0\..\script1.scr
exit

---

script1.scr

quote:

---

use u: /delete
use g: /delete
use t: /delete

use u: "\\gbcoty194c010\"+@userid

If INGROUP("marketing")
use g:"\\gbcoty194c010\marketing"
endif

If INGROUP("Domain Admins")
use t: "\\gbcoty194c010\users"
Endif

small
Color b+/n
BOX (0,0,24,79,GRID) ; 'background grid'
Color b/n
sleep 3
BOX (8,21,18,61,Å) ; 'shadow' of the box
Color g+/n
BOX (7,20,17,60,FULL)

Color w+/n
AT ( 9,25) "Userid : " ; display some text strings
AT (10,25) "Full name : "
AT (11,25) "Privilege : "
AT (12,25) "Workstation : "
AT (13,25) "Domain : "
AT (14,25) "Logon Server : "

Color y+/n
AT ( 9,40) @userid ; ...and some macro's
AT (10,40) @fullname
AT (11,40) @priv
AT (12,40) @wksta
AT (13,40) @domain
AT (14,40) @lserver

Color w/n
AT (16,25) "Press anykey to continue."
if exist( @ldrive+"\jbond.spk")
play file @ldrive+"\jbond.spk"
else
get $x
endif
exit

---

Removing the winset references should cut down on exectuion tme (a little) as well without all the shelling to and fro...

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Paul Moxey
POS & Senior Network Administrator
Taubmans Pty Ltd
Paul_Moxey@taubmans.com.au

Paul, good shout!

I think that a lot of new users are picking up on the winset useage from a reference on Microsoft site that gives an example similar to the above.

The example may have been fine with the version of Kixtart then, but things have changed somewhat since!

Afzalhussein:
Follow Paul's advice and you should not go wrong!
Good luck.

Rgds

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Don Davidson
Network Engineer
http://www.insight-media.co.uk

I'll monitor to see if that resolves the problem of having this irritating error message coming up at regular intervals. Once again many thanks.