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Novell NDS Support for Linux
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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"
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<H4 align="center">By James T. Dennis,
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<BR>Starshine Technical Services, <A HREF="http://www.starshine.org/">http://www.starshine.org/</A>
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>Novell NDS Support for Linux</H3>
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<p><strong>From ac in the</strong>
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<a href="news:comp.unix.questions">comp.unix.questions</a>
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<strong>newsgroup on 23 Jul 1998 </strong></p>
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<STRONG><P>Mr Dennis,
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<BR>Does the new version of red hat linux support
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<a href="http://www.novell.com/">Novell</a>'s NDS.
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<STRONG><P>-AC-
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<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)" width="50" height="28" border="0" lign="bottom"
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>Support what aspects or services of NDS?
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Do you mean the user account management and authentication?
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<BLOCKQUOTE>I've heard of a PAM module that allows one to authenticate
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(user) against an NDS domain (using a Novell or compatible
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server). I don't know where that is, but I'm sure there are
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archives of the PAM (pluggable authentication modules) mailing
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list. I think <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/">Red Hat</A> was hosting
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the PAM list and providing the archive and search space for it for awhile,
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so I'd start there.
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</blockquote>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Are you referring to the ability to ncpmount Netware 4.x
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filesystems?
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<BLOCKQUOTE>I have no idea.
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<blockquote>Generally I'd suggest
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<A HREF="http://www.caldera.com/">Caldera</A> OpenLinux (Standard?) for any
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interoperability with Netware. They have the exclusive
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commercial implementation of the Netware NDS and bindery
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client code (which is apparently licensed such that they can't
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make it freely available).
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>NDS (Netware Directory Services) for Linux: Clients and Servers</H3>
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<p><strong>From Dave Kauffman on 07 Aug 1998 </strong></p>
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<strong><p>Do you know if the NDS client is now free?
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<strong><p><A HREF="http://www.caldera.com/">Caldera</A> just released their
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Netware for Linux product and the 3 user license is free.
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<strong><p>Included in this package is their Netware client.
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<br>-Dave
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<blockquote><img src="../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
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alt="(!)" border="0"
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>That's an interesting question.
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<blockquote>As far as I know their Netware client software (nwclient)
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(which supported bindery and NDS servers) was proprietary and
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under exclusive license with Caldera's distribution. From,
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what I gather, you could use the package with another Linux
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installation -- but I suspect that you were legally required
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to own a copy of Caldera OpenLinux (Standard?) for every
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copy of '<tt>nwclient</tt>' you deployed.
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<blockquote>(I'm a bit unclear on this since the only occasions when
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I've deployed Caldera were in situations where it was a
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gateway between a set of Netware domains and a set of
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Unix systems --- basically a set of cron jobs existed to
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<tt>rdist</tt> files from Netware servers out to Unix ftp and
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web hosts (in one case) and all of the Linux/Unix users had
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shell accounts to access Netware servers (in another case).
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<blockquote>It would have been handy if I could have deployed nwclient
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through the workgroup in the second case --- but a number of
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them were able to use ncpfs (the free, OpenSource Netware client)
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for their needs.
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<blockquote>So, with this release of Netware for Linux we get a ability
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to download a copy of nwclient for free. The question becomes
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--- what rights does this entail.
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<blockquote>I really don't know, but it is an interesting question ---
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one that I didn't think to ask when I was talking to Ransom
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Love (the General Manager for OpenLinux) last night.
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(He was in town to speak at the Silicon Valley Association
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of Software Entrepreneurs (<A HREF="http://www.svase.org"
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>http://www.svase.org</A>) along
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with a number of other OpenSource and Linux notables.
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<blockquote>So, I'll defer it to Caldera's support address.
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<blockquote>At the same time I'd suggest taking a careful look at the
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copyright notices and licensing that are included in the
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package, as you downloaded it. That should state any
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intended limitations on the use and redistribution of the
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package or its components. It may be that the included
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copy of '<tt>nwclient</tt>' is only legally valid for use with that
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server --- that, technically, you are only allowed to deploy
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upto three copies of '<tt>nwclient</tt>' and that all three of those
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are to be used only with that particular server.
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<blockquote>Their licenses and copyright notices are really the
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final authority in the matter.
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<H5 align="center"><a href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html"
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>Copyright ©</a> 1998, James T. Dennis <BR>
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Published in <I>Linux Gazette</I> Issue 32 September 1998</H5>
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