[CentOS] Connecting to a Novell Server

[Rob Lines]

On 1/18/07, Paul <subsolar at subsolar.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 11:50 -0500, Jay Lee wrote:
> > Mike Fedyk wrote:
> > > Rob Lines wrote:
> > >> I am trying to connect our centos 4.4 machines to our Novell Netware
> > >> 5 servers.
> > >>
> > >> The goal is to allow the centos 4.4 clients to connect to the server
> > >> and access shared folders.  We are not looking for a single sign-on
> > >> style solution just the ability to connect.
> > >
> > > Check into using ncpfs with centos.  If not, then see if netware can
> > > serve to nfs or smb/cifs clients.
> > ncpfs is only in the centosplus kernel I believe.  I also found it buggy
> > and horribly slow.
>
> Yes, you need to be using the CentOS Plus kernel and build the NCPFS
> rpms from fedora so you can mount the volumes.
>
> It also does not hurt to have IPX enabled on Netware & Linux ... we have
> IPX enabled yet because we still use DOS and the old moldy 2.x client
> still seems to work best for our use.
>
> I can see if dig out the information on what I did for the one C4
> station I setup


I definatly would like to see that info if you can find it.

The one question that I do have is what effect the move to the CentOS Plus
kernel would have other than allowing us access to the ncpfs?  The users are
power users that mostly maintain their own machines and handle their own
updates.  What issues could come up by using the new kernel rather than the
base one?

Thank you,
Rob
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