On 3 Jun 2005 14:01:24 -0700, guzzy wrote:
> I have a recently restored 3.11g server. That noone can connet too.

Restored from what? How? And why?

> How do I look at the users and groups if I can't connect to the
> machine? What can I run from the Novell Console to view users and
> groups?

You don't. All NW3.11 user/group management is done from a workstation
connection.

> I think the Bindery is messed up, but since I can't connect, I
> can't run Bindrest.

Why do you think the bindery is messed up? What symptoms are you seeing
that lead you to that conclusion?

It's been a _long_ time since I had to break in to a NW3 server, but
from what I recall, if the bindery won't open at all you don't have a
lot of options. You need a disk editor, one like the old Norton Utilities
came with that could edit disks sector by sector, and you have to find
the FAT entries for the bindery files. Google should turn up the names
you're looking for, and I seem to recall that you'll find them in more
than one place (two places probably). You edit the names to something
else, then boot the server.

On bootup, it will notice that there is no bindery, and will create a
new blank one. At this point, you can log in as Supervisor (no password),
and if you did the disk edit right, you can get the bindery files and
use BINDREST.EXE to put them back.


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On 3 Jun 2005 14:01:24 -0700, guzzy wrote:
> I have a recently restored 3.11g server.

http://www.outpost9.com/how-to/novel/nwhack1.html

Some quick Googling turned this page up, along with many others, showing
how to use the debugger to bypass the security system, and how to use a
disk editor to bypass a broken bindery.


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guzzy wrote:
> I have a recently restored 3.11g server. That noone can connet too.
> How do I look at the users and groups if I can't connect to the
> machine? What can I run from the Novell Console to view users and
> groups? I think the Bindery is messed up, but since I can't connect, I
> can't run Bindrest.
>
> Waht can I do?
>
>
> Dan
>

Hi Dan, it's been a long time since I last looked at Nw3.x but from
memory SYSCON is the util to use. I think this can be run from the console.