Server Side Configuration For Sending Messages From Client To Users And Groups - Novell CLIENT FOR LINUX 2.0 SP2 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

4 Install the preconfigured settings contained in
version_number.platform.rpm
Install manually in a terminal: Enter
version_number.platform.rpm
Install using the ncl_install script: When you launch the
/opt/novell/ncl/bin
file), it looks for
on/novell-client-conf
the Client.
Install with the Novell Client using YaST: Add the location of the newly created
novell-client-conf-version_number.platform.rpm
sources in YaST (add a local directory in the Installation Source option and point it to the
directory containing
the YaST install runs,
as one of the RPMs in the Novell Client selection.
The Novell Client configuration settings on a workstation can be updated at any time
using the YaST method.
The
.conf
overwriting the files of the same name that already exist there. The installation then copies the
slp.conf
TIP: Backup copies of the existing files are made in the same directory so that you can revert
to the old files if you need to.
2.3 Server Side Configuration for Sending
Messages from Client to Users and Groups
For server side configuration, you must ensure the following:
If user groups are created in a context other than the default context, then the context must be
mentioned in the NDS configuration file
For instance, if a user group is created in the context
the default context for the tree is
administrator must add the following line in the nds.conf file:
context=ou=xyz;
You must ensure that the nds daemon is restarted after the changes to the config file is
completed. To do this, issue the following command:
ndsd restart
When you send a message to a group using the
groupname and not the FQDN of the groupname. For example, if a group named mygroup is
created in context mycontext, then the mygroup groupname must be specified with the
command instead of mygroup.mycontext.
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using one of the following methods:
or in the directory where you unarchived the Client download
novell-client-conf-version_number.platform.rpm
directory and adds it to the list of RPMs it installs as part of
novell-client-conf-version_number.platform.rpm
novell-client-conf-version_number.platform.rpm
files contained in the RPM are copied to the
file to the directory, overwriting that file as well.
/etc
abc
novell-client-conf-
rpm -i novell-client-conf-
in a terminal.
/etc/opt/novell/ncl
/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
(organizational unit for example) but
xyz
, then to search for the groups from Novell client, the eDir
command, you must specify only the
nwsend
script (located in
ncl_install
in the
to the list of installation
). When
is added
directory,
n4u.nds.bindery-
nwsend
/add-
.