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Novell Client for Linux
Overview
Deploying Linux for the first time—whether on the desktop or on the server—doesn't need to be a foreign undertaking. The familiarity of the Novell experience is preserved when you use Novell Client for Linux.
Novell Client for Linux provides Novell NetWare and Novell Open Enterprise Server connectivity to Novell Linux Desktop workstations by translating login script commands to their Linux counterparts. Once it is installed on workstations, users can enjoy the full range of Novell NetWare and Novell Open Enterprise Server services such as Novell eDirectory; single, synchronized login; and multiprotocol support—not to mention many mission-critical applications.
Note:The Novell Client for Linux is currently an add-on feature to Novell Linux Desktop. In the future, it will ship with the desktop. Novell Linux Desktop users and Open Enterprise Server users are entitled to the Novell Client for Linux.
Features
Novell Client for Linux delivers the following features:
•Network login from the graphical user interface (GUI) and console (See Figure 1)
•Support for container, profile and user login scripts
•Mapped drives and home directory access from the GUI and console
•Background authentication and authentication in conjunction with universal password
•GUI and command-line tools
•Support for Novell NCP protocol
•Name resolution through DNS, DHCP, SLP and NDAP
•File operations: viewing and managing file trustee rights, viewing file attributes, and purge and salvage
•Command-line (shell) utilities:
- login
- logout
- send
- map
- tree
- cx
- ncopy
- nlist
- ndir
- purge
- salvage
- flag
- rights
•Cluster failover reconnect
•Automatic background reconnect to NetWare and Open Enterprise Server
•Greater than 4 GB file support
•NCP packet signing
•Novell eDirectory multi-tree support
Novell Clients
Workstation ServicesThe Novell Client workstation software extends the capabilities of Linux and Windows desktops by providing access to NetWare and Open Enterprise Server (OES). Once installed on workstations, Novell Clients enable users to enjoy the full range of Novell services such as authentication via Novell eDirectory, network browsing and service resolution, and secure and reliable file system access—all delivered through industry-standard protocols. The Client supports Novell's traditional NCP protocol.
Novell Client for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
Deploying Linux for the first time–whether on the desktop or on the server–doesn't need to be a foreign undertaking. The familiarity of the Novell experience is preserved when you use Novell Client for Linux.
Novell Client for Linux provides Novell NetWare and Novell Open Enterprise Server connectivity to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop or Novell Linux Desktop workstations by translating login script commands to their Linux counterparts. Once it is installed on workstations, users can enjoy the full range of Novell NetWare and Novell Open Enterprise Server services such as Novell eDirectory; single, synchronized login; and multiprotocol support–not to mention many mission-critical applications.
Novell Client for Windows XP/2003
Novell Client™ 4.91 for Windows XP/2003 is workstation software that brings an easy-to-use, secure, and manageable networking environment to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users. It enables you to access NetWare® services from Windows XP workstations or Windows Server 2003 servers, and tightly integrates either product into your NetWare network. For example, with Novell Client for Windows XP/2003, you can browse through authorized NetWare directories, transfer files, print documents and use advanced NetWare services directly from a Windows XP workstation or Windows Server 2003.
Novell Client for Windows Vista/2008
The Novell Client for Windows Vista/2008 is a separate release from the current Novell Client 4.91 for Windows XP/2003. The Novell Client for Windows Vista/2008 supports both the 32-bit and x64 (AMD64 and Intel EM64T) versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and has many of the same features as the Novell Client 4.91 for Windows XP/2003. A separate iPrint Client that can be installed as a standalone item and used for printing, is also available (available in OES2).
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