Hello
We connect to Netware from Linux at my work but there is no support for NDS ie it is
via the bindery.
I have been told this week however that software is being developed which will allow
Linux to connect
via NDS. I hope that it is true.
Ron
"Bois, Mathieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Caldera has been created by the former Novell CEO, if I am right...
> That's why they have developped a Novell support for Linux (yes : Linux
> itself, and not Slackware or RedHat or SuSE or Mandrake or...).
> That's a great idea, and they have given the rights to use it freely, and it
> works well.
>
> Now, if you want improvements, then ask Caldera for it OR do it yourself!
>
> Nowadays, unfortunately, Novell is less used. And thus, the interest to
> develop new support for Novell has decreased.
>
> The big lack in Linux Novell support - in my mind - is the native Novell
> filesystem (ie read/write straightly from/to Novell formatted disks, no
> access through the network).
>
> I don't think it's the "job" of Mandrake to do it and I would really be
> surprised if they had been doing something about it in release 7.0.2.
> I'm afraid you still have to wander through the manuals to do the thing!
>
> That's my point of view.
>
> Regards
>
> Mathieu
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lane Lester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 17 March 2000 12:32
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [expert] Mandrake & Netware
> >
> >
> > The only instructions I've been able to find for hooking a
> > Mandrake box to
> > a Netware server have been for Mandrake 6.x, and they mainly
> > involve using
> > Caldera stuff to do the job.
> >
> > Since I'm running Mandrake 7.0.2, I'm hoping there's a better
> > approach now.
> > I first asked this question on the newbie list, but no one
> > seemed to know
> > the answer.
> > --
> > Lane
> > ____
> > Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
> > Using Linux to get where I want to go...
> >
>
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