Understand User Restrictions And Linux User Management; Caveats To Consider Before You Install; Adding A Linux Node To A Cluster Ends Adding More Netware Nodes - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER - PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2010 Implementation Manual

3.8 Understand User Restrictions and Linux User
Management
If you plan to use Linux User Management, be sure you understand the security implications before
you accept the default PAM-enabled service settings. The implications are explained in
Section 21.2.2, "User Restrictions: Some OES 2 Limitations," on page

3.9 Caveats to Consider Before You Install

IMPORTANT: As support packs are released, there are sometimes new caveats identified. Be sure
to always check the
readme.html)
This section discusses the following installation/migration caveats:
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Section 3.9.1, "Adding a Linux Node to a Cluster Ends Adding More NetWare Nodes," on
page 34
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Section 3.9.2, "Always Double-Check Service Configurations Before Installing," on page 35
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Section 3.9.3, "Back Button Doesn't Reset Configuration Settings," on page 35
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Section 3.9.4, "Common Proxy Password Should Usually Be Reset," on page 35
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Section 3.9.5, "Cluster Upgrades Must Be Planned Before Installing OES 2," on page 35
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Section 3.9.6, "Cross-Protocol File Locking Has Changed," on page 36
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Section 3.9.7, "Do Not Create Local (POSIX) Users," on page 36
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Section 3.9.8, "Do Not Upgrade to eDirectory 8.8 Separately," on page 37
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Section 3.9.9, "Follow the Instructions for Your Chosen Platforms," on page 37
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Section 3.9.10, "If You've Ever Had OES 1 Linux Servers with LUM and NSS Installed," on
page 37
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Section 3.9.11, "iFolder 3.8 Considerations," on page 40
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Section 3.9.12, "Incompatible TLS Configurations Give No Warning," on page 40
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Section 3.9.13, "Installing into an Existing eDirectory Tree," on page 41
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Section 3.9.14, "NetWare Caveats," on page 41
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Section 3.9.15, "Novell Distributed Print Services Cannot Migrate to Linux," on page 42
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Section 3.9.16, "NSS Caveats," on page 42
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Section 3.9.17, "Plan eDirectory Before You Install," on page 43
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Section 3.9.18, "Samba Enabling Disables SSH Access," on page 43
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Section 3.9.19, "Unsupported Service Combinations," on page 43
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Section 3.9.20, "VNC Install Fails to Set the IP Address in /etc/hosts," on page 46
3.9.1 Adding a Linux Node to a Cluster Ends Adding More
NetWare Nodes
After you add a Linux node to a cluster, you cannot add more NetWare nodes. For more information,
see the OES 2 SP3: Novell Cluster Services Conversion
34 OES 2 SP3: Planning and Implementation Guide
OES Readme (http://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2/oes_readme/data/
for items specific to each support pack.
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Guide.