Linspire workstation as a client to Netware 6.6
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| dkalling Feb 23, 2006 11:09 AM EDT |
Since I am "getting ready" to be a brand-new Linspire user, I would like to know if a Linspire worksation can be used to replace W/XP on a Netware Lan. If anyone has done this, or knows what software I would need to do this, I would appreciate the input. THanks....Dave Kalling (dkalling@sbcglobal.net) |
| tadelste Feb 23, 2006 3:03 PM EDT |
The Novel Client for Linux is a GUI front-end for the ncpfs utilities making it easy to transfer data to and from a Novell Netware fileserver. Connections can be made using IP or IPX, Bindery or NDS to Netware server versions from 3.x through 6.x. Novel Client runs on Linux in X Windows. It is written in Object-Pascal using Kylix from Borland. http://novelclient.sourceforge.net/ The howto is at: http://novelclient.sourceforge.net/howto.html I've seen packages built by individuals for SuSe and Fedora, but I have not seen one for Debian. That's what you'll need for Linspire since Linspire is a Debian derivative. This gentleman has a list of packages for various distributions for the Ncpfs - Utilities for the ncpfs filesystem, a NetWare client for Linux http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/ncpfs.html http://www.zone-h.org/advisories/read/id=7050 has a list of Debian packages under an old advisory. At least you can find the name of the package there. Let us know if you need further help. I think you'll do better however a one of the debian sites as Lxer is a news site not a help site. http://debcentral.org is a good place to start. |
| Herschel_Cohen Feb 23, 2006 4:47 PM EDT |
If the sites Tom cited do not get you the answers you need, try LinuxQuestions [ http://www.linuxquestions.org/ ], see the sidebar at the right - way down a mini description. Register there and post your question. |
| grouch Mar 18, 2006 9:54 PM EDT |
I realize this thread is nearly a month old, but just in case... Linspire is based on Debian, so you should be able to do this in a terminal or console: apt-cache search netware ... which should yield results similar to: lg-issue34 - Issue 34 of the Linux Gazette. libncp - shared library used by programs that use NetWare Core Protocol libpam-mount - a PAM module that can mount volumes for a user session libpam-ncp - PAM module allowing authentication from a NetWare server ncpfs - utilities to use resources from NetWare servers trustees - Advanced permission management system for Linux. The one that looks most interesting in that list is ncpfs, so do: apt-cache show ncpfs "Description: utilities to use resources from NetWare servers This package contains utilities to mount volumes from NetWare servers. Also included are some utilities such as nprint, which enables you to print on NetWare print queues, and pserver, which provides NetWare print queues. . NetWare Directory Services are supported. . Homepage ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/ " Based on that description I would then do: apt-get install ncpfs Sometimes it's easier to use GUI tools and sometimes it's easier to use CLI tools. |
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