Using Linux Consoleone To Access Domains And Post Offices On Netware Or Windows - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - SYSTEM Manual

Creating a Connection from Windows to Linux
Table 2-1
Operating System
Open Enterprise
Server (OES)
Linux
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server
(SLES)
Accessing a Domain or Post Office on Linux from Windows ConsoleOne
After you have made the Linux server visible from Windows:
1 Map a drive to the domain directory on the Linux server.
2 In Windows ConsoleOne, click Tools > GroupWise System Operations > Select Domain.
3 Browse to and select the domain directory, then click OK.
You can now use Windows ConsoleOne to administer all GroupWise objects that belong to the
domain that is located on Linux.
2.3.2 Using Linux ConsoleOne to Access Domains and Post
Offices on NetWare or Windows
In order for you to be able to use ConsoleOne on Linux to administer GroupWise domains, post
offices, and agents that are located on NetWare or Windows, the NetWare or Windows servers where
the domains, post offices, and agents are located must be accessible from Linux.
"Making a NetWare or Windows Server Visible from Linux" on page 44
"Accessing a Domain or Post Office on NetWare or Windows from Linux ConsoleOne" on
page 45
Making a NetWare or Windows Server Visible from Linux
To make a NetWare or Windows server visible from Linux, you mount the directory you need to
access as a Linux file system.
44 GroupWise 8 Administration Guide
Connection Method
Use the NetWare Core Protocol
Linux server that will be visible from Windows just as a NetWare volume would be.
On the Linux server, become
ncpcon create volume volume_name directory
ncpcon set cross_protocol_locks=1
From a Windows workstation or server where the Novell client is installed, you can
now use the Novell Map Network Drive feature to map a drive to the volume on your
Linux server, and Windows-type file locking is respected by Linux.
For more information about NCP Server, see the
for Linux (http://www.novell.com/documentation/oes/ncp_lx/data/
h9izvdye.html#h9izvdye).
Use Samba to create a Windows share on the Linux server that will be visible from
Windows just as a directory on another Windows server would be. For instructions
on setting up a Samba share, see the
and Installation Guide (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/pdfdoc/
sles_admin/sles_admin.pdf).
From a Windows workstation or server, you can now use the Windows Map
Network Drive feature to map a drive to the directory on your Linux server.
TM (NCP TM ) Server to create an NCP volume on the
root , then enter the following commands:
NCP Server Administration Guide
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Administration