Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 08:15:04 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Stephen Hurd <deuce@lordlegacy.org> Cc: asek <asek@nyc.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: yo! yo! Message-ID: <3BB31848.76CE9D7C@iowna.com> References: <NFBBJPHLGLNJEEECOCHAOEHECFAA.deuce@lordlegacy.org>
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Stephen Hurd wrote: > > > I need to know if its possible for freeBSD and Novell to communicate with > each other and also > > is there any supported programs that work with Novell prefferbably for the > version 5.0 and > > that can also take advatage of Novell's NDS. > > Yes, it is possible. I have had my FreeBSD 4.2 system chatting amicably with > my NetWare 4.1 server quite nicely. As far as being easy... well, no, it's > not. The custom kernel is the first bit... not too hard, it's the connections > and drive mountings that get a bit sticky. I've since stopped using the > connection, so I don't remember all the details. I also seem to remember > seeing a NetWare server emulator burried somewhere (probobly the ports > collection ;-) but I haven't tried it myself. It's called mars_nwe, available in the ports. I was researching it a few months ago, and then the Netware machine had a HDD crash and we decided to abandon Netware altogether, so I can't really say how well it does/doesn't work. -- "Where's the robot to pat you on the back?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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