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Title: Mounting a Novell Server (IPX)
Post by: Vincent on March 05, 2002, 07:38:59 PM

Mounting a Novell Server (IPX)

I need to mount a Novell server under Linux - I have tried using IpxTools but when I try to configure using IPX_configure I get
Adress Family not supported by protocall - And I am unable to configure it prperly from here onwards. Is this maby a Kernel thats incompatible with IPX ???

Title: Re: Mounting a Novell Server (IPX)
Post by: Mike Coan on March 05, 2002, 09:40:45 PM

Vincent,

Are you trying to mount the Netware server from SME?  I haven't done that, but I do mount a Netware server from my Linux workstation which also mounts an Ibay using smbmount.

You need to get a version ncpfs appropriate for your kernel.  also IPX has to be enabled in the kernel.  It is in my workstation.  I suspect it isn't in the SME kernel, but i don't know.

Then as root I issue the commands

modprobe ncpfs
ipx_configure --auto_interface=on auto_primary=on

then as user I issue the command

ncpmount -S servername -U username ~/netware (where netware is a directory in my home directory

This prompts me for the password for Netware.

Not sure this is what you wanted.

Mike

Title: Re: Mounting a Novell Server (IPX)
Post by: Vincent on March 06, 2002, 07:51:06 AM

I have gotten it right from my Red Hat 7.2 box but I am still unable to get it working on E-Smith

Thanks anyway

Title: Re: Mounting a Novell Server (IPX)
Post by: Vincent on March 06, 2002, 07:51:18 AM

I have gotten it right from my Red Hat 7.2 box but I am still unable to get it working on SME

Thanks anyway