Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jeff Merkey" <> | Subject | Fw: NetWare NDS and Linux | Date | Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:40:56 -0600 |
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Some folks have been emailing the list asking for tis stuff. Here are instructions as to where to get it.
Jeff
----- Original Message ----- From: Drew Spencer <drew@calderasystems.com> To: Jeff Merkey <jmerkey@timpanogas.com> Cc: Petr Vandrovec Ing. VTEI <VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz>; <gtg6gv11@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 1:45 PM Subject: Re: NetWare NDS and Linux
> Jeff, > > The only source that is available for the NetWare client is the device > driver component (nkfs) that Caldera wrote and released under the GPL on > our ftp site. It can be found under the opensource directory off /pub. > This will eventually be moved to the www.openlinux.org site where all > opensource projects we're working on and supporting will reside. > Currently openlinux.org hosts the lizard install, the UltraSparc port of > 2.2, and the COAS admin project. There will be more work moved to this > site in the future. > > This part of the client (NKFS) just hooks the vfs calls and re-directs > them to the client daemon for processing over the net. The code in the > nwclient daemon is under Novell copyright which we are prevented from > releasing unfortunately. We have had a series of discussions with them > about making it available via open source but they have quite lately but > they are apparently still undecided about how, under what license, or > when they will actually do this. If you need more details on the status > of the Novell part, I suggest you contact them. > > The daemon has been ported to glibc2.1 and binary RPMs for it are > available on our ftp site as well. So far, we've seen quite a few > people having success building NKFS for their kernels on other > distributions/versions and running the nwclient daemon and utilities > successfully. > > That's all we can do for now. > > Drew > > P.S. I've removed the cc to the Linux Kernel list so as not to spam > everyone that may not care about the details. > > Jeff Merkey wrote: > > > > Drew, > > > > There's some folks who are intensely interested in the NDS client on Linux. > > I've been getting the URL uipdates from the Netware mailing list on > > www.calderasystems.com, however, folks are having trouble getting at the > > source code for some reason. What's the current URL for the active sources? > > I had been hitting the patches area on calderasystems.com, but the most > > recent mailing has changed. Let all of us on the kernel list know cause > > there seems to be a lot of interest in this. > > > > Please Advise. > > > > Your friend, > > > > Jeff > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jeff Merkey <jmerkey@timpanogas.com> > > To: Petr Vandrovec Ing. VTEI <VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz>; > > <gtg6gv11@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> > > Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 10:20 AM > > Subject: Re: Re: NetWare NDS and Linux > > > > > > > > Wrong, > > > > > > Caldera is distributing the source code to their Netware client on Linux. > > > It knows how to talk to NDS and perform NDS authentication. You can get > > the > > > code at www.calderasystems.com. It provides all the functionality of the > > > Windows NT and DOS NDS clients for Netware. > > > > > > Jeff > > > . > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Petr Vandrovec Ing. VTEI <VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz> > > > To: <gtg6gv11@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> > > > Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 12:07 PM > > > Subject: Re: NetWare NDS and Linux > > > > > > > > > > From: Juan J Casero <gtg6gv11@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> > > > > > Hi Folks - > > > > > Is there any way to login to a NetWare NDS server under Linux? I am > > > able > > > > > to mount a particular server's file system using the ncpmount command > > > but > > > > > if I could login to the NDS server I believe that would give me access > > > to > > > > > the directory tree available to our users from a single mount point. > > > > > Forgive me if the question seems trivial but I have limited experience > > > > > with NetWare systems. > > > > Hi Juan, > > > > no, it is not possible. It would require user authentication in kernel > > > > space (which is impossible due to U.S. crypto laws & maybe some patents) > > > > or tight connection to some userspace daemon (which I'm lazy to > > write...). > > > > Also, I do not see any reason for this. Of course, it could be nice if > > > > you can modify object properties by dd/cat/vi, but I do not think that > > it > > > is > > > > good idea. You can write some nice userspace tool like 'netadmin'... > > > > Infrastructure should be there in ncpfs-2.2.0.17 (delayed for another > > > > month). > > > > Maybe I'll forced to implement some kernel-level NDS support > > > > after Novell finishes DSS (distributed storage services), but last time > > > > I asked there was even no API for >4GB files (they are accessible from > > > > server only :-( ), and everything about 'junctions', sharing physical > > > > space between volumes and so on was only on paper, pre-alpha or demo... > > > > Maybe this changed during vacation, but I do not believe. > > > > If you have some problem for which you need NDS access, please mail > > > > me directly (or through linware@sh.cvut.cz list, which is right place > > > > to ask NCP/NDS questions)... > > > > Best regards, > > > > Petr Vandrovec > > > > > > > vandrove@vc.cvut.cz > > > > > > > > - > > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" > > in > > > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Drew Spencer | drew@calderasystems.com > Vice President, Engineering | http://www.calderasystems.com > Caldera Systems Inc. | 240 W. Center Street, Orem, UT., 84054 > USA > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >
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