i doubt its the login script, the syntax there is pretty much the same. my guess is its SLP related, especially if you have removed all your old netware boxes. when I went fully linux it took a bit to straighten out the SLP. OpenSLP on Suse linux behaves a bit differently than the old Netware SLP.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Charlie Niehaus < cnieh...@altamont.k12.il.us> wrote: > That is pretty much the way I was running as well – no preferred server > and the script figured out the mappings, but for some reason that became > unreliable when I migrated to the SLED 10 version. Maybe my login script is > not right. I wrote the scipt for the mappings a LONG time ago and maybe > there is a command or an attribute that has gone out of favor and I should > use something else. Any way I can get a peek at your login script(s) to see > if that is part of it? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > *From:* tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto: > tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Zuercher > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:19 AM > *To:* Tech-Geeks Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [tech-geeks] Pick a server - any server > > > > Hi Charlie, > Maybe I don't understand your enviroment or question but here is the setup > we use. We don't use perferred servers for login (leave box blank). THe > clients login to which ever server is the first to answer the login > request. However once authenticaion is completed the login script runs and > that maps the users to the correct server/volume. > > End result is all servers handle logins and the users get access to the > files they need. > > I have all my servers in the same SLP scope. I think if you try to > micromanage these settings it will cause headaches down the road if you try > to change your server or client configs. > > Aaron > > > ] > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Charlie Niehaus < > cnieh...@altamont.k12.il.us> wrote: > > Geeks, > > Running Novell SLED10 and I am now seeing a few cases where the Novell > client seems to be picking the wrong server on the first login. (High > school computers connecting to the grade school server etc.) The client on > all of the boxes are being given the preferred server, tree, context etc. > The network is simple - two servers in the same tree and context. The only > thing I am unsure about is that the vendor that did the install set the > service location on both of the servers to the same name (SCOPED). So in > the client the Scope list is set to SCOPED (static) and the directory agent > lists BOTH of the servers, with the server we want to connect to being > listed first and the other one second. (ALL the IP addresses are static so > these are set as static as well) > -- Should we ONLY list the server we want to connect to in the directory > agent list and leave the other one out? > -- Should the servers have unique Scope List names? > > 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 > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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