Re: [TCLUG:1327] Novell -> Linux

[Nate Carlson <natecars@infiniteloop.com>]

Ben,

The newest version of ncpfs has nds support. Grab 'er, compile 'er, run
'er.  :P

-Nate Carlson
 The Infinite Loop
 natecars@infiniteloop.com

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Ben Luey wrote:

> Thanks - The netware file servers I'm trying to access use NDS, so ncpfs
> wasn't working for me. I couldn't get nwlogin to use the right context, so
> I thought I was stuck. How do I turn on bindery emulation? I'm the only
> user on my computer and have only one netware account - so ncpmount etc
> would be great if it could work with NDS.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
> 
> Ben Luey
> lueyb@carleton.edu
> 
> On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Troy Johnson wrote:
> 
> > I have used ncpfs, mars_nwe, and the caldera netware clients and it
> > looks like you would be best served by ncpfs. It requires a bindery
> > connection so if the client uses NDS you might have to turn on bindery
> > emulation.
> >    With ncpfs, if you mount the netware volumes individually (they
> > have an all mount option) you should be able to share them via Samba.
> > The unfortunate part is that you mount the volumes as a particular
> > netware user, so all users of the ncpfs mount have that users
> > permissions and rights.
> >    I have used the Caldera nwlogin utilities and they have more
> > control (per user permissions), but tries to stop you from sharing
> > things (for security reasons) which may lead to a less elegant
> > solution. Hmmmm...
> >    I'd run both clients for a while if they are edgy. Good luck!
> > 
> > Troy
> > 
> > <<< Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>  9/22  6:42p >>>
> > I have not read any HOWTO or FAQ yet, just getting this out on the
> > list first.
> > 
> > Can a linux box read files from a Novell file server? I have a client
> > who wants to migrate from Novell to Linux (running samba). But just
> > cannot make that step, so they want to run Novell and Linux in tandem.
> > 
> > 
> > Anyone using Linux IPX stuff to get files from the Novell server?
> > 
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