Troubleshooting Slp Configuration; Configuring Slp And The Suse Firewall To Work With The Novell Client For Linux - Novell CLIENT FOR LINUX 2.0 SP3 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

SLP is designed to use IP multicasting; however, if any SLP Agent does not implement IP
multicasting, then all Agents must use broadcasting to reach that Agent. If a DA does not
support multicasting, we recommend using the Directory Agent List to configure that
Directory Agent rather than using this option.
If the network does not contain a DA, IP servers must use their own SAs to specify the
services that are available. If the SA does not support multicasting and if there are any
services advertised by that SA that are needed by the UA on this machine, then use the
Broadcast Only option.
Broadcasting has the disadvantage of being limited to the local LAN segment.
Maximum Results: Specify a 32-bit integer giving the maximum number of results to
accumulate and return for a synchronous request before the time-out, or the maximum
number of results to return through a callback if the request results are reported
asynchronously.
4 Complete the Novell Client Configuration Wizard.
5 Restart the workstation.

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
After you start (located in
slpd
agents using the following command:
slptool findsrvs service:service-agent
This should display a list of the hosts that are running
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
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
SP3), a warning message is displayed when you try to scan for or access Novell services.
, located in
slptool /usr/bin
), you should be able to issue a query for SLP service
/usr/sbin
, to troubleshoot your SLP configuration.
, which indicates that OpenSLP is
slpd
for more information.
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