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Novell Client 2.0 for Linux Administration Guide

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ncl_install(8)

Name

ncl_install - Install, uninstall, or verify the installation of Novell* Client* for Linux components.

Syntax

Description

ncl_install installs, upgrades, and uninstalls the Novell Client for Linux packages. You can also run
it to verify the installation of the files.

You must be logged in as root to run this utility.

Options

install

Installs all Novell Client for Linux packages.

install force

Forces the installation of all Novell Client for Linux packages.

upgrade

Upgrades all Novell Client for Linux packages.

upgrade force

Forces the upgrade of all Novell Client for Linux packages.

uninstall

Uninstalls all Novell Client for Linux packages.

information

Displays the package information for all installed Novell Client for Linux packages.

files

Displays a list of all files related to the packages installed with Novell Client for Linux.

verify

Verifies installation of all installed Novell Client for Linux packages.

help

Displays help for ncl_install.

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Summary of Contents for CLIENT FOR LINUX 2.0

Page 1: ...Novell w w w n o v e l l c o m novdocx en 26 August 2007 Novell Client 2 0 for Linux Administration Guide ClientTM for Linux 2 0 S e p te m b e r 1 8 2 0 0 7 A D M I N I S T R A T I O N G U I D E...

Page 2: ...port or import deliverables You agree not to export or re export to entities on the current U S export exclusion lists or to any embargoed or terrorist countries as specified in the U S export laws Yo...

Page 3: ...l Trademarks For Novell trademarks see the Novell Trademark and Service Mark list http www novell com company legal trademarks tmlist html Third Party Materials All third party trademarks are the prop...

Page 4: ...novdocx en 26 August 2007...

Page 5: ...tion Files to Preconfigure the Novell Client 20 3 Managing Login 23 3 1 Setting Up Integrated Login 23 3 1 1 Installing and Enabling CASA 23 3 1 2 Configuring Integrated Login 24 3 1 3 Managing System...

Page 6: ...irtual File System Kernel Module 45 A 1 Installing the Required Packages 45 A 2 Compiling the Novell Client Virtual File System Kernel Module 46 A 2 1 Compiling the Novell Client Virtual File System K...

Page 7: ...mentation included with this product Please use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page of the online documentation or go to www novell com documentation feedback html and enter your comm...

Page 8: ...8 Novell Client 2 0 for Linux Administration Guide novdocx en 26 August 2007...

Page 9: ...moothly Installation and Upgrades The Novell Client for Linux can be installed and upgraded using either YaST or an installation script For more information see the Novell Client 2 0 for Linux Install...

Page 10: ...Novell Client loads a single binary that works on multiple operating system platforms without modifications The Novell Client for Linux has a Virtual File System that consists of a kernel module novf...

Page 11: ...rtual File System Kernel Module on page 45 NOTE If you patch the kernel for any reason you must make sure that you have the required packages that correspond to the kernel patch For a list of the requ...

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Page 13: ...Using Configuration Files to Preconfigure the Novell Client page 20 2 1 Using the Novell Client Configuration Wizard The Novell Client for Linux includes a Novell Client Configuration Wizard to simpli...

Page 14: ...those changes to take effect Any changes you make to the Novell Client settings are written to a set of configuration conf files in the etc opt novell ncl directory IMPORTANT When the Novell Client s...

Page 15: ...n scripts are run silently and the script results window is not displayed but login scripts are still processed Delete Integrated Login Profiles Removes the existing login profiles for all users on th...

Page 16: ...to determine the level of enhanced security support select the providers to perform name resolution and enable the Client to obtain configuration information from your DHCP server Figure 2 3 Protocol...

Page 17: ...he workstation for those changes to take effect 2 1 4 Configuring Tray Application Settings Use the Tray Application Settings page in the Novell Client Configuration Wizard to automatically launch the...

Page 18: ...l Files Enables or disables the Purge Novell Files menu option when users right click a Novell file system directory or file in a file manager Salvage Novell Files Enables or disables the Salvage Nove...

Page 19: ...ope and Directory Agents must be listed Figure 2 6 Service Location Protocol OpenSLP Settings Page This page contains the following options Scope List Specify the scopes that a user agent UA or servic...

Page 20: ...works similar to the unattend file that can be used to configure the Novell Client for Windows see Creating the Configuring File http www novell com documentation noclienu noclienu data bu01sei html...

Page 21: ...f the Client Install with the Novell Client using YaST Add the location of the newly created novell client conf version_number platform rpm to the list of installation sources in YaST add a local dire...

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Page 23: ...egrated login feature does not work if a workstation is set up to not ask for a password in the display manager greeter For integrated login to work the Novell Common Authentication Services Adapter C...

Page 24: ...e left column then click CASA in the right column 3 Click Configure CASA then click OK 4 Click Finish to close the CASA Configuration Wizard 3 1 2 Configuring Integrated Login 1 Use one of the followi...

Page 25: ...desktop is launched If this option is disabled all login scripts are run silently and the Integrated Login Script Results window is not displayed but login scripts are still processed 5 Select Delete...

Page 26: ...r expiration date Limiting disk space for each user by specifying the maximum blocks available for each user on a volume Specifying the number of simultaneous connections a user can have Specifying by...

Page 27: ...want to access Because SLP makes the existence location and configuration of certain services known to all clients in the local network the Novell Client for Linux can use the information distributed...

Page 28: ...the following SLP information for your network Scope List Specify the scopes that a user agent UA or service agent SA is allowed when making requests or registering or the scopes that a directory agen...

Page 29: ...ell Services button in your file browser to work correctly both SLP and the SUSE firewall must be configured properly If OpenSLP is not installed the SLP protocol is disabled or your firewall settings...

Page 30: ...CUSTOMRULES etc sysconfig scripts SuSEfirewall2 custom FW_CUSTOMRULES 2 Modify the etc sysconfig scripts SuSEfirewall2 custom file In fw_custom_before_denyall add the following iptables I INPUT 1 j AC...

Page 31: ...Click Interfaces in the left column double click your LAN interface then select Internal Zone from the drop down menu 4 Click OK then select Start Up in the left panel 5 Click Save Settings and Restar...

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Page 33: ...tribute This also occurs if you copy files from one server to another using any method other than NCOPY at the command terminal For more information on the specific rights on NetWare and OES servers s...

Page 34: ...receive rights in a number of ways such as explicit trustee assignments inheritance and security equivalence see eDirectory Rights Concepts http www novell com documentation edir88 edir88 data fbachi...

Page 35: ...se Grants the right to delete the directory or file Create For a directory grants the right to create new files and directories in the directory For a file grants the right to create a file and to sal...

Page 36: ...res the Write right File Scan Grants the right to view directory and file names in the file system structure including the directory structure from that file to the root directory Access Control Grant...

Page 37: ...rights to both FILEA and FILEB Her Access Control right is lost because the combined rights are based on the rights given to Michael Nancy has Read and File Scan rights to both FILEA and FILEB She ha...

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Page 39: ...supported via SSL and Simple Bind protocol Servers devices and or services are authenticated Yes Connections to servers are authenticated via user supplied credentials No device authentication is supp...

Page 40: ...of packet signing Packet signing is enabled by default FIPS 140 2 compliant No This product currently uses the ATB authentication toolbox instead of Novell s NICI product Therefore this product is no...

Page 41: ...ether to compare ACLs for a given file system path or object retrieved from eDirectory to the identity and session scope established for the identity that owns a given connection The VFS acts as a pro...

Page 42: ...n configuration file All fields in the Novell Login dialog box except the password are stored in this file HOME novell ncl MapDrives conf This user configuration file specifies the drive mapping to ru...

Page 43: ...startup for ncl_autologin HOME gnome2 session manual X GNOME startup for ncl_autologin opt novell ncl bin ncl_autologin X Validates and run nwlogin or gnwlogin opt novell ncl bin nwlogin This existin...

Page 44: ...be compromised For example if a malicious entity gets root access it might be able to steal user credentials and authenticate to the network with those credentials File New Modified Description opt no...

Page 45: ...ion failed you do not need to repeat this step 3 Compile the Novell Client Virtual File System Kernel Module See Section A 2 Compiling the Novell Client Virtual File System Kernel Module on page 46 4...

Page 46: ...en installed click Close to close the YaST Control Center A 2 Compiling the Novell Client Virtual File System Kernel Module Depending on whether or not you have a standard kernel that has been updated...

Page 47: ...stom kernel 1 In a terminal log in as root 2 Unpack the proc config gz file and copy the resulting config to the new name usr src linux config 3 In the usr src linux directory enter the following comm...

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Page 49: ...e located in the opt novell ncl bin directory and include the following Section B 1 Shell Commands on page 49 Section B 2 GUI Utilities on page 50 B 1 Shell Commands Table B 1 The Novell Client for Li...

Page 50: ...ollowing ncl_man utility_name For example ncl_man ncl_tray map Creates a mapping mount from a local file system to a remote file system on a Novell file server map d drive s server v volume f filespec...

Page 51: ...gDn keys to move up and down Use the Home and End keys to move between the beginning and the end of a document To exit a man page press q You can learn more about the man command by entering man man i...

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Page 53: ...59 ncl_control 8 on page 61 ncl_install 8 on page 62 ncl_man 1 on page 64 ncl_tray 1 on page 65 nwconnections 1 on page 66 nwcopy 1 on page 67 nwflag 1 on page 69 nwlogin 1 on page 72 nwlogout 1 on pa...

Page 54: ...ontext context context Specifies the context that the user is logging in to This value is required u name user name Specifies the user s eDirectory username This value is required s server server serv...

Page 55: ...3 4 and 5 The utility then substitutes these parameters for the n variables in the login script The variables are replaced in the order specified by the selecting 2 3 4 or 5 4 value var4 value Allows...

Page 56: ...er specified by the selecting 2 3 4 or 5 clearconn Clears existing server connections before logging in to the current server ignore_rest Ignores the rest of the labeled arguments following this flag...

Page 57: ...ow_Integrated_Login true or false Globally enables or disables automatic login for the workstation Allow_Integrated_LoginGUI true or false If authentication fails calls gnwlogin so the user can reente...

Page 58: ...2007 Clear_Username true Allow_Integrated_Login false Default_Tree mycompany Default_Context marketing Authors Copyright 2005 2007 Novell Inc All rights reserved http www novell com To report problem...

Page 59: ...ord at desktop startup Usage Each entry occupies a single line in the file Lines that are blank or that start with a pound sign are ignored home steve Desktop Q Location and name of drive link UserNam...

Page 60: ...rence life span 192 n4u nds inactivity synchronization interval 60 n4u nds synchronization restrictions off n4u nds janitor interval 2 n4u nds backlink interval 7 Authors Copyright 2005 2007 Novell In...

Page 61: ...les stop Stops all Novell Client for Linux specific daemon modules restart Stops and then reloads all Novell Client for Linux specific daemon modules status Verifies that the Novell Client for Linux s...

Page 62: ...alls all Novell Client for Linux packages install force Forces the installation of all Novell Client for Linux packages upgrade Upgrades all Novell Client for Linux packages upgrade force Forces the u...

Page 63: ...Novell Client for Linux Man Pages 63 novdocx en 26 August 2007 To report problems with this software or its documentation visit http bugzilla novell com...

Page 64: ...ng error is displayed No manual entry for Novell Client man page name Entering ncl_man Novell Client man page name adds the Novell Client man path to the MANPATH and launches man which displays the sp...

Page 65: ...apping drives and many other functions It requires the XWindows system to be running because it is a GUI application Options Basic Options waitfortray integer Wait for tray value required author Show...

Page 66: ...ns for the currently logged in user Use the nwmap utility to detach from listed connections Options ignore_rest Ignores the rest of the labeled arguments following this flag v Displays the version for...

Page 67: ...if it is supported media s subdir Traverses the subdirectories t string target string Specifies the target path where you want the files copied to p string source string Specifies the source path of...

Page 68: ...y f p my_vol t your_vol Copies all files or directories from my_vol to your_vol and rewrites the existing targets Authors Copyright 2005 2007 Novell Inc All rights reserved http www novell com To repo...

Page 69: ...y the attributes of files or directories Type Displays or sets either the attributes or the owner flag information a attributes Displays or sets attribute flags n owner Displays or sets owner flags Op...

Page 70: ...tion on flags See http www novell com documentation oes stor_filesys data bs3fih1 html o Read only w Read write c Compressed h Hidden y System k Can t Compress p Purge a Archive Needed m Migrated d De...

Page 71: ...Needed and Immediate Compress nwflag n e s f adam cont org Makes user ADAM the owner of the files in the current directory and subdirs nwflag n w s f MYSERVER USER grep i adam cont org Lists all files...

Page 72: ...es the context that the user is logging in to This value is required t string tree string Specifies the tree that the user is logging in to This value is required p string password string Specifies th...

Page 73: ...the order specified by the selecting 2 3 4 or 5 4 string variable4 string Allows an additional parameter to be entered that the login utility passes to the login script There are four n variables tha...

Page 74: ...tion Guide novdocx en 26 August 2007 Authors Copyright 2005 2007 Novell Inc All rights reserved http www novell com See Also nwlogout 1 nwconnections 1 To report problems with this software or its doc...

Page 75: ...out of This value is required if either the tree or closeall option is not used t string tree string Specifies the tree that the user will be logged out of This value is required if either the server...

Page 76: ...ministration Guide novdocx en 26 August 2007 Authors Copyright 2005 2007 Novell Inc All rights reserved http www novell com See Also nwlogin 1 To report problems with this software or its documentatio...

Page 77: ...you are mapping to The path can be in the following forms server volume path server volume server volume path directory_object_name fully_distiguished_eDirectory_path such as a cluster volume for exam...

Page 78: ...OT This does not function in Linux It is included for script compatibility only C or CHANGE This does not function in Linux It is included for script compatibility only P or PHYSICAL This does not fun...

Page 79: ...s p target_path Specifies the source path of the files you want to purge a path Purges all the files at the specified source path c path Purges all the files at the specified source path as well as al...

Page 80: ...a Novell server Rights can be given directly or through inherited rights filters Options r rights Allows you to add or delete specified rights to or from the rights list The rights are s Supervisor r...

Page 81: ...2007 p network path Specifies the network path to the file h Displays the help strings Authors Copyright 2005 2007 Novell Inc All rights reserved http www novell com To report problems with this soft...

Page 82: ...s p string Specifies the source path of the files you want to salvage a string Salvages all the files at the specified source path c string Salvages all the files at the specified source path as well...

Page 83: ...messages to users or groups who are currently connected to a Novell server or to send a message to the server console Options c message Sends a message to the server console s server_name Specifies th...

Page 84: ...ee the user is logging in to This line is required Context context The location of the User object in the eDirectory tree This line is required Server server name The name or IP address of the server...

Page 85: ...l parameters can be entered that the LOGIN utility passes to the login script The utility then substitutes these parameters for any n variables in the login script These variables are replaced in orde...

Page 86: ...istration Guide novdocx en 26 August 2007 Variable3 Variable4 Variable5 Authors Copyright 2007 Novell Inc All rights reserved http www novell com To report problems with this software or its documenta...

Page 87: ...p Usage Each entry occupies a single line in the file Lines that are blank or that start with a pound sign are ignored home username Desktop drive_link Location and name of drive link UserName usernam...

Page 88: ...2007 home mycompany Desktop pub UserName admin novell Tree MYCOMPANY_TREE Context Mapped mycompany SYS PUBLIC Authors Copyright 2007 Novell Inc All rights reserved http www novell com To report proble...

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