Re[2]: Novell is the last hurdle

[Tim Gray <tgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Adam,

If you only need to access the files on a novell server from your
linux box then ncp is a very workable solution.  It's fairly simple to
use if you have a valid username/password.  You don't really need
worry about NDS from a client point of view as access control is
conducted from the server side.  Just mounting the ncpfs takes care of
getting you into your files.

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 Tim   
 IT Technician
 ADAC Plastics, Inc.

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Thursday, December 28, 2000, 8:49:22 AM, you wrote:

>>I need NDS also.

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

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

ATW> I used ncpfs once, some time ago, it worked.  Can't say much else, not very
ATW> 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?

ATW> Systems and Network Administrator
ATW> Morrison Industries
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ATW> Grand Rapids, MI. 49505