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PackNALPath Method in Class SMS_NAL_Methods

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Applies To: System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

In Configuration Manager, the PackNALPath method encodes a network abstraction layer (NAL) path from its components. A NAL path is an abstract representation of a network path or a user account.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and is intended to show the definition of the method.

SInt32 PackNALPath(
     String DisplayQualifiers[],
     String NALType, 
     String NetworkOSPath, 
     String NetworkConnectionQualifiers[],
     String NALPath
);

Parameters

  • DisplayQualifiers
    Data type: String Array

    Qualifiers: [in]

    Qualifiers that are used by the Configuration Manager console. The possible values are: Display=<path, group, or user>. The value that you specify for the path must be the same as the value that you specify for NetworkOSPath. For path formats, see NetworkOSPath formats later in this topic.

  • NALType
    Data type: String

    Qualifiers: [in]

    The NAL type specified by the network operating system. Possible values are:

    GENERIC

    All providers accept this account specification. Use this value only when you specify a user or group name.

    MSWNET

    Windows NT.

    NWBIND

    Novell Netware bindery.

    NWNDS

    Novell NDS.

    LOCAL

    A local path.

  • NetworkOSPath
    Data type: String

    Qualifiers: [in]

    The network operating system path. Possible values are:

    Provider NetworkOSPath

    Windows NT user names

    <domain>\<user name>

    Windows NT group names

    <domain>\group=<group name>

    Windows Novell NDS user names

    <tree>\user=<user name>

    Windows Novell NetWare bindery user names

    <server>\user=<user name>

    Novell NDS group names

    <tree>\group=<group name>

    Novell NetWare bindery group names

    <server>\group=<group name>

    Generic group names

    GROUP=<group name>

    Windows NT (UNC) computer names

    \\<computer name>

    Windows NT (UNC) share names

    \\<computer name>\<share name>

    Novell NDS share names

    \\<tree>\.<volume name>.<org unit>. <o>

    Novel NetWare bindery share names

    \\<server>\<volume>

  • NetworkConnectionQualifiers
    Data type: String Array

    Qualifiers: [in]

    Optional. Configuration Manager component-specific qualifiers. The possible values are: SMS_SITE=<site code> [Preferred]. SMS_SITE identifies the site to which the path belongs. Preferred is optional and identifies the path to use when multiple paths are specified.

  • NALPath
    Data type: String

    Qualifiers: [out]

    Encoded NAL path.

Return Values

An SInt32 data type.

Example Code

The following example encodes a NAL path for an MSWNET network operating system.

    Dim clsNALMethods As SWbemObject
    Dim NALPath As String

    Set clsNALMethods = Services.Get("SMS_NAL_Methods")
    clsNALMethods.PackNALPath Array("Display=\\<server>"), "MSWNET", _
    "\\<server>", Array("SMS_SITE=<site code>"), NALPath

Remarks

Your application uses this method when creating a distribution point or defining system resources in the site control file programmatically. The method is not used to create a NAL path of an existing distribution point for an SMS_DistributionPoint Server WMI Class object. To determine the NAL path for an existing distribution point, the application should query the SMS_SystemResourceList Server WMI Class.

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.

See Also

Reference

SMS_DistributionPoint Server WMI Class

Concepts

SMS_NAL_Methods Class
UnPackNALPath Method in Class SMS_NAL_Methods
SMS_SystemResourceList Server WMI Class