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[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

Moby <moby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> After going through Novell's web site multiple times, I realize
> (correctly I think) that OES on Linux and SLES are the same product,

They are not.  OES is basically SLES plus additional Novell services
on top.

> namely a Linux core with Novell services on top.  I am interested in
> being able to create NSS volumes on Linux and having people use those
> NSS volumes from machines running the Novell client for Windows.  From
> what I gather, I can do that with OES on Linux and also with SLES.
> Can anyone tell me whether it is possible to create NSS volumes on
> stock Suse Linux 10.1?  I understand that one would have to buy either
> OES or SLES - but having done that, is there a way to take the
> components required for creating NSS volumes and providing NCP
> services and installing them on a stock SuSE Linux 10.1 machine?

10.1 comes with the novfs kernel module but I do not know what else is
needed to get this running,

Andreas
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