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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS
on NOVELL NETWARE 10/23/01 - Today's focus: Scripting tools Dear Wincenty Kaminski, In this issue: * NetVision adds scripts to Policy Manager Suite * Links related to Novell NetWare * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter sponsored by Wilson WindowWare Five sure-fire reasons to choose WinBatch for administering Novell Windows clients: 1. Complete: manipulates every Windows version and every Netware release. 2. Multi-platform: automates all Windows AND Netware networking AND internetworking. 3. Documented: includes printed manuals, computer help files, graphical editor/debugger. 4. Rapid: saves time with 1,000s of pre-built scripts plus 24 special purpose extenders. 5. Supported: Free phone and online support. Money back guarantee. Try it yourself. Free. Direct your browser to: http://yes.winbatch.com _______________________________________________________________ More with Less Budgets are either stagnant or shrinking this year, and net executives are being forced to do more with less money - and often fewer people. We've compiled a series of Network World articles, newsletters and columns you can use to make the most of your budget and resources. http://nww1.com/go/ad169.html _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Scripting tools By Dave Kearns Scripting tools have promised to make our jobs easier since the early days of personal computing. Fifteen years ago, it was batch files that drove a lot of the repetitive tasks we did. Today's equivalent is Visual Basic Scripting (VBS). Unfortunately, VBS has gotten a bad name for two seemingly opposing reasons. On the one hand, it's considered easy for crackers and bad guys to exploit, which has helped give rise to "script kiddies" - a generation of punks who can't write scripts, but use those written by others to attempt to disrupt your network. On the other hand, VBS is more difficult to grasp than the old DOS batch file language - precisely because it is so powerful. Many of you have probably turned off VBS processing wherever you can, just to protect the network and your users from script kiddies. But you might want to keep at least one machine ready to process them. NetVision, a visionary company with a real understanding of the NetWare market, has just released a number of free scripts for use with its Policy Manager Suite (see "Real-time Directory Integration," http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/netware/2001/00957377.html) for NetWare network administrators. These can, of course, be modified to fit your circumstances but right out of the box (or whatever the equivalent is for a free download), the scripts can automate some tasks that you just haven't been able to get to. An example is deleting MP3 files as they are created on a NetWare server. NetVision's scripts remove any specified file types, such as MP3, JPG, AVI, and MPG, that can unnecessarily tie up precious storage and bandwidth resources. The scripts include: * Password Policy Enforcement Script - This script reverses any unauthorized change to password information, which can often create security holes in systems. This script will reverse erroneous settings such as require password, force periodic password changes, days between changes, limit grace logins, and more. Additionally through external event consumers, administrators can log the action, send a page (or notification of the action), or disable the user. * Reverses ACL changes to [Root] - This script disables non- admin perpetrator accounts by reversing any modifications to the root of the tree. It also will disable the perpetrator account and the object that was changed. Specified administrators can be excluded from the perpetrator filter. * Secured User Creates - This script will disable both the user and the perpetrator if a user is created by anyone other than a specified group or listed objects. The script will then block the account from view with an Inherited Rights Filter that is assigned to the security team. At this point the team is notified and the unsecured actions have been terminated. There are 10 other scripts in the initial release, and more are promised as they're developed and tested. Check them out, and check out Policy Manager Suite, at http://www.netvision.com/new/pr_vbscript_announce.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact Dave Kearns: Dave Kearns is the Word Wrangler for Virtual Quill, a writing agency serving the computer and networking industries. If your target customer doesn't know your product, doesn't know its uses and doesn't know he needs it, he's not going to buy it. From books to reviews, marketing to manuals, VQ can help you and your business. Virtual Quill - "words to sell by..." Find out more at: http://www.vquill.com/, or by e-mail at mailto:info@vquill.com. _______________________________________________________________ RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS NetVision http://www.netvision.com/index.html NetVision updates mgmt. suite Network World, 08/20/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2001/123966_08-20-2001.html Real-time directory integration Network World NetWare Newsletter, 08/20/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/netware/2001/00957377.html NetVision groups products into policy suite, adds real-time enforcement Network World Fusion, 08/13/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0813netvision.html Microsoft to retract Novell, NetWare statements Network World, 10/22/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2001/126580_10-22-2001.html Breaking Novell and NetWare news, updated daily: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/financial/novell.html Archive of the Novell NetWare newsletter: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/netware/index.html ______________________________________________________________ FEATURED READER RESOURCE Network World Fusion's Net.Worker site Whether your company is growing larger or scaling back, corporate managers are looking for ways to cut costs while retaining and recruiting star employees. 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