[KLUG Members] NDS for Linux...disappointing

[Ted Juszczak]

On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 12:59:05PM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> >My first impression of NDS for Linux is one of great disappointment. You can 
> >install it, bring your Linux server into the NDS tree, send replicas,
> yadda 
> >yadda, but here's what you can't do: access the resources (disk space) 
> 

Will Mars_nwe do what you want?

"Mars_nwe, Martin Stovers NetWare Emulator, is an emulator that
provides a subset of Novell's file and print services for Linux.
Mars_nwe supports only the Bindery mode of a Novell server. Also,
Novell recently released NDS eDirectory for linux which will add
NDS support for the linux platform. NDS eDirectory for linux can
be downloaded on a 30 day trial basis at www.novell.com/nds."

"Mars_nwe is a functional clone of a NetWare server that runs
under Linux. It works fine with the usual DOS client software
that normally comes with your NetWare server. 
Mars_nwe offers file, bindery and print services for NetWare
client software. 
It was reported that if you patch your Linux kernel with the
speed-enhancing patch in /usr/doc/mars-nwe/examples/, mars_nwe is
slower than NetWare 3.12, but FASTER THAN NetWare 4.1 on the same
hardware. 
Mars_nwe does not include any user license restrictions. You can
increase mars_nwe's licenses by simply recompiling it, and you
can start any number of mars_nwe's on your network! 
Mars_nwe includes a RIP/SAP daemon that turns your Linux box into
a IPX router." 

This is from:

http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/Netware/netware-2.html

Ted & Thad Juszczak
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