Math 10 -- Novell Information

Novell Information

Math 10 -- D. C. Smolarski, S.J.
Santa Clara University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Accounts
Novell Network
Using the Network Password
Changing the Novell Password
Changing the GroupWise Password
Forwarding E-Mail from GroupWise to Another Mail Service
Removing Old Messages

Accounts

Every Santa Clara student has a GroupWise email account, whether you use it or not. At initial registration, the information about your email username and initial password should have been sent to you. Every student also has a Novell Network account (and password). The GroupWise email name and the Novell Network account name are identical. But the passwords can be changed independently!

Students are responsible if they fail to read official correspondence from University offices sent to the University email account.

The original passwords may also be retrieved via T-Reg.

Novell Network

Santa Clara University is interconnected by network software developed by the Novell corporation. The software that helps run the network and connects PCs together is often called "Netware." In some labs (e.g., O'Connor 30), in order to make use of network resources (e.g., the laser printer), one MUST log into the network first. Otherwise the local PC and its software (e.g., Netscape, Explorer, WordPerfect) will be unable to connect to the resource (e.g., printer).

On the other hand, you can always connect to other machines that have passwords (e.g., math) which may have direct access to the same printer. But any programs generated by PC software cannot be directly printed!

Using the Network Password

If you are having difficulty printing in O'Connor 29-30 from PC based software, you must remember to login to the network (read sign on the door and on the wall). This is the procedure that is now in effect in Kenna and Orradre. Your password for the network is the default password you were given when you received your GroupWise account. Even though you may have changed your GroupWise password, the network password is still the same unless you have also changed that. If you have any problems, see the Help Desk in Kenna or call Information Technology at 554-5700.

Changing the Novell Password

Initially you may use your predetermined Novell password for about 10 times. But the system will force you to change it eventually before you can use network resources further.

Later on, you can change your password in one of two ways (both ways presupposed that you are already logged on to the network):

Windows: Click on start, then SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL, then PASSWORDS, then CHANGE OTHER PASSWORD, then NOVELL. You will be asked to enter the old password, and then a new password twice.
DOS: At the prompt, type setpass You will be asked to enter the old password, and then a new password twice.

Changing the GroupWise Password

Within GroupWise, one changes the password by clicking on TOOLS, then OPTIONS, then SECURITY, the PASSWORD.

Forwarding E-Mail from GroupWise to Another Mail Service

Some users may prefer to read all email at one site, whether America On-Line, or a multi-user mainframe (or mini-computer). It is possible to create a "rule" in GroupWise which will forward email sent to that address to a new address.

One should note that an automatic "forwarding" in GroupWise is not the then same as automatic forwarding on many other systems. In GroupWise, a forwarding rule is actually a resend, in which the original sender's name is retained in the body of the message and the new sender becomes the user who wishes to sent it to another machine. In addition, one has to explicitly specify that the "rule" will delete the message in GroupWise or else it remains in the GroupWise mailbox in addition to another copy being sent to a different address.

To create a forwarding rule, one clicks on TOOLS, then RULES, then NEW. Then one names the rule in the appropriate box, checks the MAIL box, and then clicks on the ADD ITEM box and chooses FORWARD (first) and then DELETE/DECLINE. Finally one clicks on SAVE at the bottom of the box.

Removing Old Messages

One should also check the default set for yourselves to remove old messages. GroupWise is "smart" enough to keep sent messages in a "trash" container for emergency retrieval. Unfortunately, the trash takes up valuable disk space, and should be emptied regularly. One can set when the trash is emptied and when the record of sent messages is deleted. To do this, click on TOOLS, then OPTIONS, then ENVIRONMENT, then CLEAN-UP and set the defaults appropriately.

NOTE that the actions are activated only when a person occasionally logs into GroupWise even if the person never reads messages there.

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