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mars-dosutils/test/login/README.md
Mario Fetka f214e89d69 tests: add Novell DOS tool baseline suite
Add DOS-side baseline scripts for the Novell tools used to compare the
reimplemented public utilities.

The suite covers the current baseline set:

  MAP
  SLIST
  WHOAMI
  LOGIN / LOGOUT
  NDIR
  NCOPY
  FLAG
  FLAGDIR
  CREATOR
  RIGHTS
  GRANT
  REVOKE
  REMOVE

It also includes supporting trustee, rights, rename, move, delete and
file-operation tests.

Each test writes reproducible output into a per-tool CMP directory and
provides a matching ZIP helper for collecting the results. The ZIP
helpers clean generated test trees afterwards so SYS: does not keep
accumulating temporary directories.

This is the Novell baseline layer only. A later change can extend the
same scripts to run the full comparison cycle:

  NPUBLIC baseline -> PUBLIC implementation -> NPUBLIC control
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LOGIN / LOGOUT baseline test

LGNTSTA is a manual two-stage baseline test for Novell LOGIN, LOGOUT, and MAP.

This test does not overwrite SYS:LOGIN, SYS:PUBLIC, or SYS:NPUBLIC. It copies the Novell tools to a temporary local directory on C: and runs from there. LOGIN and MAP are copied from SYS:NLOGIN; LOGOUT is copied from SYS:NPUBLIC.

Required setup

User NOPASSUSER must exist on MARS and must be able to login without a password.

Run

Start while logged in as SUPERVISOR:

F:\LGNTSTA

Then run the helper from C::

C:
CD \LGNTTMP
LGNTC

The helper does:

LOGOUT
LOGIN NOPASSUSER
MAP
LOGOUT

All tool calls and redirected output paths are absolute C:\LGNTTMP\..., because Novell LOGIN can change the current drive/search path.

Then login manually as SUPERVISOR again from the same local tool directory:

C:\LGNTTMP\LOGIN SUPERVISOR

After the login script restores F:, collect results:

F:\LGNTSTA PART2
F:\LGNTZIP

Expected output files

F:\LGNTCMP\OUT contains:

D01_LOG.OUT   LOGOUT output from initial supervisor session
D02_LGIN.OUT  LOGIN NOPASSUSER output
D03_MAP.OUT   MAP output after NOPASSUSER login
D04_LGOT.OUT  LOGOUT output from NOPASSUSER session
D99_HELP.OUT  simulated LOGIN usage line for later comparison
HELPER.TXT    helper trace

D99_HELP.OUT is intentionally produced with ECHO, because Novell LOGIN /? may not redirect help text reliably.

Implementation note

After LOGIN NOPASSUSER, DOS/NetWare may change the current drive/search path. LGNTC.BAT therefore calls C:\LGNTTMP\LOGIN, C:\LGNTTMP\MAP, and C:\LGNTTMP\LOGOUT explicitly and redirects to absolute C:\LGNTTMP\*.OUT files.

Parameter handling

LGNTSTA starts Part 1 only when called without parameters. PART2 is accepted case-insensitively (PART2, part2, Part2, etc.). Any other parameter prints usage and does not start Part 1, so a typo cannot accidentally reset the test state.