My Bad
Yes - it is Novell running on the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 - with EDirectory
for Linux V8.8 SP5
As for the topology the computers are connecting into some older switches in
some cases, and then all back to a new Cisco switch that was installed by the
company that installed the security cameras. There does not seem to be on one
single switch that is causing the issue, it is building wide; but in the end
they ALL come back to the one switch that the server is connected to. We did
not seem to have this issue the first week of school (at least I was not
haering about it.) and after some updates on the server we started weeing this.
I think I have one box that had never had iPrint installed on it and as far as
I have been told it does NOT show this behavior.
I am really thinking it is something related to iPrint.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris kuntzman
To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Novell 10 - s econd login problem
Charlie,
When you say Novell 10, are you talking about possible SUSE Linux 10?
Currently Novell Netware is at version 6.5 SP 8, if you went to the next
version
then you would need to convert everything to SUSE Linux 10 with Novell's OES
on top of that.
As for your problem with the extra Novell login pop-up, could it be a switch
or something going
bad in an area of the building? Since you mentioned it's like they lost
connection, maybe the
switch or hub in that area is acting up, and causing random network drops.
Since you mentioned that the username comes up with System in it, that is
something I've never seen before.
Does this happen at any certain time of day?
You might have your users keep a log for a week, and write down the times
when this happens. It might help you see
if there is something else going on.
Just some thoughts.
Chris Kuntzman
Director of Computer Services
Taylorville Community Unit School District #3
217-287-1318
[email protected]
>>> "Charlie Niehaus" <[email protected]> 9/8/2010 8:20 AM >>>
No Zenworks. A pretty simple network setup. One OU and since the buildings
are connected by a fiber optic they are in effect one LAN (Just a switch and
a fiber optic connecting them). Not even a router in the system other than
the ICN router for the internet. Just 2 Novell 10 servers with all the
users in one tree, one OU etc. We have been using IPCop for a long time,
and are in the process of going to LightSpeed. (Not sure if that has any
effect on it.) I also now have a 3rd party vendor working on my network to
do the LightSpeed install so he may have changed something he forgot to
mention.
I think I will but the bullet and do the iPrint update on my HS server and
see if that starts the issue at the high school. ALL the users might as
well be mad at me.
Thanks in advance!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Zobel" <[email protected]>
To: "'Tech-Geeks Mailing List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Novell 10 - s econd login problem
> This is with Zenworks right? Is it another windows username box or a
> Zenworks box? Do you have a DLU policy set?
>
> Daniel Zobel
> Director of Technology
> Heyworth CUSD#4
> Direct Phone 309-473-2250
> Grade School 309-473-2822
> High School 309-473-2322
> Unit Office 309-473-3727
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charlie Niehaus
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 9:20 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [tech-geeks] Novell 10 - s econd login problem
>
> Ok Novell gurus
>
> I recently went to Novell 10 and things seemed to be going pretty well.
> Two
>
> weeks ago I started getting calls from my Grade school staff saying that
> some systems are popping up a "second Novell login box" and they were
> wanting to know why. When I fianlly saw one of these boxes it looks like
> the box one gets when a connection has been severed from the network and
> then re-established. It is a login box from the Novell client with the
> user
>
> name "system" in the user box. I have told my people to re-enter THEIR
> user
>
> name and password and go on. It seems to be working for the most part.
>
> Now - I have 2 new servers and I am only seeing this on the grade school
> server. Also I have some windows 98 boxes on that server that have never
> seen this second popup box and some XP boxes in the lab that have not see
> it
>
> either.
>
> The only difference I can see is that the grade school server had a few
> updates installed that the high school server did not. The grade school
> server updated the iPrint client, and that is what I suspect is at the
> heart
>
> of the issue. The gradeschool boxes are getting popups saying there is a
> new version of the iPrint client available and the computers that are not
> getting that second login box have not seen the "new iPrint client" popup
> as
>
> far as I know.
>
> I have played with uninstalling NMAS (Since we do not use it) and some
> settings, but still no clear cut solution. Some of the things I have
> tried
> seemed to slow it down, but not get rid of it. Some users will go a day
> or
> 2 and not see the extra popup.
>
> I am also stepping through the updates on the high school server - a few
> ebery few days to see if I can isolate what sets this off. (My guess is
> it
> will be iPrint - but not sure why.)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Charlie Niehaus
> Altamont Unit #10 Community Unit Schools
> 7 S. Ewing Street
> Altamont, IL 62411
> Voice: 618-483-6193 ext. 238
> Fax: 618-483-5399
> Web: www.altamont.k12.il.us
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