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Conversely, other network administrators are equally adamant that their users function better
without the added overhead of running an NCP client on each workstation.
We can’t determine what is best for you or your network, but we do provide you with viable choices.
Differences between Linux and Windows
There are some differences between the Linux and Windows clients. These are documented in
“
Understanding How the Novell Client for Linux Differs from the Novell Client for Windows 2000/
XP ” in the Novell Client 2.0 SP2 for Linux Administration Guide .
eDirectory User Access to OES 2 Servers
Some services that run on OES 2 servers require that the users accessing them be (or, at least, appear
to the Linux system to be) standard Linux users with Linux user credentials, such as a user ID (UID)
and primary group ID (GID).
So that eDirectory users can access these services, Novell provides the Linux User Management
(LUM) technology. The impact of this on you as the network administrator is that these users and
groups must be enabled for eDirectory LDAP authentication to the local server. For more
information, see
“Linux User Management: Access to Linux for eDirectory Users” on page 149 .
16.1.2 Planning for Service Access
After you understand the access options available to your network users, you can decide which will
work best on your network.
Planning tips for network services are contained in the following sections:
Š “Planning File Service Access” on page 169
Š
“Planning Print Service Access” on page 170
Š “Matching Protocols and Services to Check Access Requirements” on page 171
Planning File Service Access
As you plan which file services to provide, be aware of the file service/volume and feature support
limitations outlined in the following sections.
Š
“Service Access to Volume Type Limitations” on page 169
Š
“Feature Support” on page 170
Service Access to Volume Type Limitations
Supported combinations are outlined in Table 16-4 .
Table 16-4
Service Access to Volume Types
File Service Linux POSIX Volumes NSS Volumes on Linux
AFP No Yes-Novell AFP
CIFS Yes-Novell CIFS Novell Samba Yes-Novell CIFS Novell Samba