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
> > > >
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