CSNW: Cannot Use Wildcards Connecting to Printers in NDS Tree
Article ID: 178914
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q178914
SYMPTOMS
When you try to connect to a printer, you may receive the following
message:
Name is invalid
CAUSE
Although wildcard characters such as asterisk (*), percent (%), and
question mark (?) are valid characters in the NetWare Directory Services
(NDS) path, they are invalid when connecting to printers through Client
Services for NetWare (CSNW).
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Windows NT version 4.0.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: Novell
Keywords: kbbug KB178914