Re: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

Clint Tinsley

21 Apr 2006 21 Apr '06

23:18

----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Oberholtzer" To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:27:02 +0200

Which SUSE Linux releases includes the Novell Client? I see a kernel module making claims in this area with OpenSuse. On the local network here the network login from a Windows PC uses the Novell Client For Windows. I would like the same functionality from Linux that allows me to log on to the network. Our company has an enterprise Novell license, but no one here is very savvy about the Linux side of things. So I am pretty much on my own.

Novell's track record on this one is the bullet hole that you will find in their left foot. Novell bought a company up a couple of years back that had a NDS client for Linux, it was even demonstrated at one of the Brainshare sessions in Salt Lake City earlier that year. Novell promptly and uncerimoniously buried the company. If you want a Novell client on Linux, it is only available AFIK on the Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) which is built on SLES, not SuSE Linux. Clint

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Anders Johansson

22 Apr 22 Apr

19:14

New subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

On Saturday 22 April 2006 01:18, Clint Tinsley wrote:

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Novell's track record on this one is the bullet hole that you will find in their left foot. Novell bought a company up a couple of years back that had a NDS client for Linux, it was even demonstrated at one of the Brainshare sessions in Salt Lake City earlier that year. Novell promptly and uncerimoniously buried the company. If you want a Novell client on Linux, it is only available AFIK on the Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) which is built on SLES, not SuSE Linux.

AFAYK perhaps, but it's not true. It is available for 10.0

Paul Bradshaw

23 Apr 23 Apr

02:45

New subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that the Novell Client runs great on my Open Suse 10.0 installation. ...Paul Clint Tinsley wrote:

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Oberholtzer" To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:27:02 +0200

Which SUSE Linux releases includes the Novell Client? I see a kernel module making claims in this area with OpenSuse. On the local network here the network login from a Windows PC uses the Novell Client For Windows. I would like the same functionality from Linux that allows me to log on to the network. Our company has an enterprise Novell license, but no one here is very savvy about the Linux side of things. So I am pretty much on my own.

Novell's track record on this one is the bullet hole that you will find in their left foot. Novell bought a company up a couple of years back that had a NDS client for Linux, it was even demonstrated at one of the Brainshare sessions in Salt Lake City earlier that year. Novell promptly and uncerimoniously buried the company. If you want a Novell client on Linux, it is only available AFIK on the Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) which is built on SLES, not SuSE Linux.

Clint

Carl Hartung

02:48

New subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

On Saturday 22 April 2006 22:45, Paul Bradshaw wrote:

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I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that the Novell Client runs great on my Open Suse 10.0 installation.

...Paul

That's great feedback to the list, Paul. Thanks! - Carl

Mike McMullin

15:18

New subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 22:48 -0400, Carl Hartung wrote:

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On Saturday 22 April 2006 22:45, Paul Bradshaw wrote:

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I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that the Novell Client runs great on my Open Suse 10.0 installation.

...Paul

That's great feedback to the list, Paul. Thanks! - Carl

What exactly is the Novell client?

Carl Hartung

15:21

New subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

On Sunday 23 April 2006 11:18, Mike McMullin wrote:

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What exactly is the Novell client?

Check out the docs.... http://www.novell.com/documentation/linux_client/index.html Carl

Mike McMullin

15:32

New subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 11:21 -0400, Carl Hartung wrote:

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On Sunday 23 April 2006 11:18, Mike McMullin wrote:

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What exactly is the Novell client?

Check out the docs....

http://www.novell.com/documentation/linux_client/index.html

Thanks Carl. I'm not going to install it, the thread had me curious about this, as I had heard of it some time ago.

Peter Van Lone

15:24

New subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

On 4/23/06, Mike McMullin wrote:

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On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 22:48 -0400, Carl Hartung wrote:

What exactly is the Novell client?

it is client software to allow a linux box to login to an NCP server. NCP = Netware Core Protocol. So ... a linux user can authenticate to a netware "tree" (an ldap ... but not using ldap client protocol) and access netware resources. It understands how to find the user object and run the login script, and access files. peter

Mike McMullin

15:31

New subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 10:24 -0500, Peter Van Lone wrote:

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On 4/23/06, Mike McMullin wrote:

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On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 22:48 -0400, Carl Hartung wrote:

What exactly is the Novell client?

it is client software to allow a linux box to login to an NCP server. NCP = Netware Core Protocol.

So ... a linux user can authenticate to a netware "tree" (an ldap ... but not using ldap client protocol) and access netware resources. It understands how to find the user object and run the login script, and access files.

Thanks for the explanation.

John Andersen

24 Apr 24 Apr

05:49

New subject: [SLE] Novell Network Client on SUSE Linux

On Sunday 23 April 2006 07:24 am, Peter Van Lone wrote:

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On 4/23/06, Mike McMullin wrote:

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On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 22:48 -0400, Carl Hartung wrote:

What exactly is the Novell client?

it is client software to allow a linux box to login to an NCP server. NCP = Netware Core Protocol.

So ... a linux user can authenticate to a netware "tree" (an ldap ... but not using ldap client protocol) and access netware resources.

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