Re: [opensuse] Novell client for Linux

On Monday 18 February 2008 18:03:35 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 10:32 +0800, Jonathan Ervine wrote:
On Friday 15 February 2008 21:03:53 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
Hello

I am trying to run Novell Client for Linux on OpenSUSE 10.0. My
client is from
novell-client-1.1.0-4.rpm. But I cannot log in. I can log in on a
Windows PC using Novell Client for Windows. So, I took all the
information in the Advanced settings of the Windows login and put
it in the Linux Advanced settings. But no joy. I get this:

Do you know the IP address of:
a) a server holding a copy of the [Root] replica?
b) the server you're attempting to log into?

You could try replacing the Tree name with the IP address of the
[Root] replica holder and then browsing to your required context
via the button in the client. Or try replacing your Server name
with the IP address of the server.

I do not know the Novell client very well. It looks to me as though
the Context is a machine which could be replaced by an IP address. I
did not think the Tree entry was a machine name. As such, I am not
sure how I could get the IP address. So, I am no further...


Just to confirm; you're using SUSE Linux 10.0, and not SLED 10, yes? Can
you also find out if the NetWare server(s) you're connecting to are
using IP as their protocols. Since NetWare 5.0 IP has been supported
natively, but IPX is still supported and in regular use. If the servers
are not using IP then this is never going to work.

As Graham has outlined in his mail, the context is simply your user
object's location within the eDirectory tree. This is important so that
the client can locate your user object. If I were you I'd try seeing
which servers you're connected to after a successful Windows logon.
This should be obvious by right clicking on the 'big red N' in the
system tray or on Network Neighbourhood and checking the connections.
Then ping the servers to find out their IP addresses. You can then put
one of these IP addresses in the server field of the Novell Client for
Linux. If you're lucky one might be a [Root] replica server, and you
could put it in the Tree field, and see if you can browse the available
contexts. If you can browse the contexts (see the tree structure) then
you know you can make a tree connection and a login should be easy.

Failing that, as a long shot you could try seeing if you can locate the
tree you need by pressing the Tree button... If after all that has
failed you might be needing your NetWare admin to be helping out as
they'll know the specifics of the eDirectory/NetWare environment.

Jon
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