Troubleshooting Slp Configuration; Configuring Slp And The Suse Firewall To Work With The Novell Client For Linux - Novell CLIENT FOR LINUX 2.0 - ADMINISTRATION Manual

3.4.2 Troubleshooting SLP Configuration

If users cannot see a list of available trees, contexts, and servers when they use the Novell Client for
Linux Login screen, use slptool, located in /usr/bin, to troubleshoot your SLP configuration.
After you start slpd (located in /usr/sbin), you should be able to issue a query for SLP service
agents using the following command:
slptool findsrvs service:service-agent
This should display a list of the hosts that are running slpd, which indicates that OpenSLP is
successfully installed and working. If you do not get a list, OpenSLP is not installed correctly or is
not working. See Section 3.4.1, "Setting Up SLP," on page 28 for more information.
3.4.3 Configuring SLP and the SUSE Firewall to Work with the
Novell Client for Linux
In order for the Novell 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 are turned on (as they are by default in SUSE Linux Desktop 10
SP1), a warning message is displayed when you try to scan for or access Novell services.
SLP/Firewall Message
Figure 3-1
Click Configure SLP to open the Novell Client Configuration Wizard. Follow the instructions in
Section 3.4.1, "Setting Up SLP," on page 28 to configure SLP.
Click Configure Firewall to open the Firewall Configuration wizard in YaST. You can turn the
firewall off, or manually configure the firewall to let SLP packets in and out. If your LAN interface
is defined as External in the SUSE firewall configuration, you can try adding SLP Daemon Rules as
an allowed service, or you can try changing your LAN interface definition to Internal.
Turning Off the SUSE Firewall
1 Launch the YaST Control Center.
GNOME: Click Computer > More Applications > System > YaST.
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