Manage NetWare server connections and authentication

Most administrative, printing, and file system functions require that you have an authenticated connection from iSeries™ to a NetWare server that runs the NetWare Enhanced Integration NLM. You can think of this as the iSeries user's logging on to the server.

To make this connection, you must have a NetWare user name and password. In most cases the NetWare user name and the iSeries user profile should be the same. When they are different, you identify the NetWare user name that you want to use for the connection in one of these ways:

• By specifying it when you manually start the connection.
• By specifying it in the NetWare authentication entry.

You can establish connections in these three ways:

• Directly by manually starting a connection with the STRNTWCNN command. This connection is active only until the user signs off (whereas setting up an authentication entry automates this process). Use this method when you need to specify:
  • The iSeries user profile authorized to use the connection (for example, when the NetWare user name and the iSeries user profile are different).

    Only jobs running under the specified iSeries user profile name can use the connection.

  • The job that is authorized to use the connection.

    The connection can be used by either the current job or by any job running under the specified user profile name.

  • The type of authentication to be performed.

    For example, NetWare backup services require a separate authentication in addition to a normal user login.

• Indirectly by creating an authentication entry for the NetWare Directory Service (NDS) tree that the server is in. Once you create an authentication entry, iSeries automatically starts a connection when necessary. Using authentication entries greatly enhances usability.
• Indirectly by using iSeries user enrollment, which has iSeries automatically create the authentication entries. Again the authentication entry enables iSeries to start connections automatically.

You can also display and work with connections and authentication entries in these ways:

• If you want to display or end a connection, see Work with NetWare connections.
• To add, change, delete, or display authentication entries for a specific iSeries profile, see iSeries authentication entry commands.
• Once you have established a connection to a NetWare server, you can work with that server from your iSeries console.