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Date:      Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:37:03 -0200 (EDT)
From:      Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
To:        gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPX feedback request -Reply
Message-ID:  <199510192237.UAA27904@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
In-Reply-To: <682.814100867@palmer.demon.co.uk> from "Gary Palmer" at Oct 19, 95 12:07:47 pm

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> Joao Carlos Mendes Luis stands accused of writing in message ID
> <199510182032.SAA19360@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>:
> >2) Mounting NetWare disks.  This is really a problem.  How to convert
> >unix users to netware users ?  Should one mount with just one netware
> >user and show unix users all files as root owned ?  The other option
> >would be to use one IPX socket for EACH unix user, and would require
> >a much more complex daemon/kernel.
> 
> Uh-uh. Get the Netware NFS support from Novell. That's how we mount
> our 4 or 5 Netware drives on all our UN*X boxes at Walnut Creek.
> It's not perfect, but there's no other way I know to do it :-(
> 
> >3) Print Services.  A netware aware lpd would be useful.  Most important:
> >Should be one which could print from Unix to Netware AND vice-versa.
> 
> I think that TCP/IP for Netware has lpd support in it. I know I've
> printed from my UN*X box to a Netware queue, and I believe that there
> is even support for going the other way (i.e. send jobs from a Netware
> queue to a UN*X printer).

I know both of them, but they're not free. :)

Sounds like "If you need an IP Router, buy Solaris".  No, I prefer
FreeBSD.  Dot.  It's free, It's good, I have the sources !

Anyway, I was just wondering...

					Jonny

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Joao Carlos Mendes Luis			jonny@coe.ufrj.br
+55 21 290-4698 ( Job )			jonny@adc.coppe.ufrj.br
Network Manager				UFRJ/COPPE/CISI
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro



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