Re: NetWare NDS and Linux
Petr Vandrovec Ing. VTEI (VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz)
Wed, 8 Sep 1999 18:07:06 MET-1
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
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