NetWare Client Easy Installation Instructions for Linux

*NetWare ClIEnt for Linux Installation: Easy Installation Instructions:

*Pre-installation requirements:

0) can only be executed on NetWare 3.x, not Support for NDS for NetWare 4.x and NetWare.
(To perform NDS, please refer to the README file).

1) determine the kernel version 1.3.71 or higher.

2) Recompile the kernel (re-compile kernel);
and make the config related IPX option.
For example: The IPX protocol (CONFIG_IPX) [Y/m/n/?]
Full internal IPX network (CONFIG_IPX_INTERN) [Y/n/?]
NCP filesystem support (to mount NetWare volumes) ( CONFIG_NCP_FSS) [Y/m/n/?]


*How to install:

1)To the Jiaotong University FTP site linux.cis.nctu.edu.tw Grab
/pub3/sunsite/system/Filesystems/ncpfs/ncpfs-2.0.4.tgz


2) Place ncpfs-2.0.4.tgz in your preferred location. (here /usr/local/src is an example)

3) Unpack ncpfs-2.0.4.tgz
cd /usr/local/src
tar zxvf ncpfs-2.0.4. Tgz

4) Go to ncpfs and start compiling.
cd /usr/local/src/ncpfs
make all
make install

5) The installation is complete.

*How to Mount NetWare Server:

1) Execute network settings ipx_configure:
ipx_configure --auto_primary=on
ipx_configure --auto_interface=on

2)Mount a NwtWare Server: (take ARCH this server as an example)
ncpmount -S ARCH -U SUPERVISOR -P XXXXXXXX /ARCH
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^
Server name User name User password ARCH mount to which directory

ps: Do not understand See the description of ncpmount