RE: Novell is the last hurdle

[Adam Tauno Williams <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I need NDS also.

Caldera does have an NDS client,  but I have never used it.  Last I read though
the license fee was only $2 a seat.  I chose to go with "true" LDAP however.  If
your NDS server sports an LDAP gateway you might be able to use pam_ldap and
nss_ldap.  Otherwise make sure "NCP filesystem support" is enabled in your
kernel or that the "ncpfd.o" module is in "/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/fs" (which it
should be in RH7.0).

ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/

I used ncpfs once, some time ago, it worked.  Can't say much else, not very
familiar with Netware jargon.

>>I am within reach of being able to replace my Windows workstation with
>>a Linux box.  The remaining hurdle is obtaining a Novell client for my
>>RedHat 7.0.  Has any one successfully connected to Novell from Linux
>>(with RedHat)? I have found dome documentation claiming that Caldera has 
>>a Novell client but I was wondering if anyone has tried it and what are 
>>the gotchas associated with it...?
>Do you need to access "Novell shares" or do you need NDS as well?

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