TECHNICAL BULLETIN
                                Bulletin #1-259

Date:  January 11, 1990

       Additional Information for Technical Bulletins #1-255 and #1-256

Technical Bulletins #1-255 and #1-256 outline a limitation that occurs when the BINDFIX utility and the NetWare 386 v3.0 shell are used together.  The information outlined in those two bulletins also applies to the MAKEUSER and PCONSOLE utilities.  (The issues described in Technical Bulletins #1-255 and #1-256 could also arise with independent software applications that manage user creation and deletion.) 

If you are using the NetWare 386 shell and you are using MAKEUSER to remove users, make sure that you are using the SHELL.CFG parameter SHOW DOTS=OFF.  (The USERDEF utility is potentially dangerous because  USERDEF.EXE calls the MAKEUSER.EXE utility.)

If you use the PCONSOLE utility with the NetWare 386 v3.0 shell, PCONSOLE will not destroy data; however, PCONSOLE will hang the workstation under the conditions stated in Technical Bulletin #1-255.

If you are using any utility in a NetWare 286 environment that has the ability to remove users, we recommend that you use the NetWare 286 shell when performing those functions, or make sure that the SHOW DOTS=OFF statement is in your SHELL.CFG file.