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Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - LINUX TIPS FOR NETWARE ADMINISTRATORS Manual

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  • Page 1 AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTATION Linux Tips for NetWare Administrators ® Novell ® Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2 November 2009 www.novell.com OES2 SP2: Linux Tips for NetWare Administrators...

  • Page 2: Legal Notices

    Further, Novell, Inc., reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes.
  • Page 3 Novell Trademarks For Novell trademarks, see the Novell Trademark and Service Mark list (http://www.novell.com/company/legal/ trademarks/tmlist.html). Third-Party Materials All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents About This Guide 1 What's New 2 NetWare/Linux Command Map 3 Other Tips Common Problems and Solutions ..........49 NCF vs.
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  • Page 7: About This Guide

    In this documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step and items within a cross-reference path. ® A trademark symbol (®, ™, etc.) denotes a Novell trademark. An asterisk (*) denotes a third-party trademark. When a single pathname can be written with a backslash for some platforms, or a forward slash for other platforms, the pathname is presented with a forward slash to reflect the Linux convention.
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  • Page 9: What's New

    What's New This guide has been updated for the OES 2 product release with a number of new command entries in the “NetWare/Linux Command Map” on page 11 and a new chapter, “Other Tips” on page What's New...
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  • Page 11: Netware/Linux Command Map

    For some NetWare commands, the Linux alternative is provided by functionality in either iManager ® or Novell Remote Manager (NRM). For information on Novell management utilities, see “OES Utilities and Tools” in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and Implementation Guide.
  • Page 12 This functionality is available ABORT REMIRROR partition. through the nsscon utility on OES- Linux. The nsscon utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS Console” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide.
  • Page 13 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart ADD NAME SPACE Add support for storing yast Access YaST > Network Services files for other file systems CIFS (Samba) and other protocols on a NetWare volume. are supported by specific RPMs. For more information, see the OES2 SP2: Samba Administration Guide...
  • Page 14 (Novell Client ) connection. Allow a CD or DVD disk to — Support for CDs and DVDs is CDDVD function as a Novell® loaded automatically on Linux, and Storage Services (NSS) disks are often automatically volume. mounted under /media when inserted.
  • Page 15 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart CLEAR STATION Clear a workstation ncpcon You can clear NCP (Novell Client) connection to a NetWare connection connections using the ncpcon server. list connection clear command. ncpcon utility is installed with...
  • Page 16 There is also a GPL utility named supportconfig that collects system troubleshooting information. For more information, visit the Cool Solutions Web site (http:// www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/ 16106.html). NetWare server hostname For more information, see the man name pages associated with the cat /etc/ commands.
  • Page 17 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart Driver version modinfo For more information, see the man numbers pages associated with each dmesg command. /var/log/ boot.msg Hardware settings lists modules loaded in lsmod lsmod memory, but not the version. shows the network card configuration.
  • Page 18 DELETE Delete a secondary IP ip addr del For more information, see the SECONDARY address. man page. IPADDRESS Manage the Novell DHCP For more information, see DHCPSRVR dhcpd server. “Administering and Managing DHCP” in the OES 2 SP2: Novell DNS/DHCP Administration Guide Linux.
  • Page 19 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart DISABLE LOGIN Prevent users from ncpcon You can disable login for NCP file logging in. disable service access using the ncpcon login disable login command. The ncpcon utility is installed with the NCP Server RPMs and is documented in “NCP Server...
  • Page 20 Display I/O statistics for iostat For more information, see the STATS individual devices. iostat man page. Novell Remote Manager for Linux also provides I/O memory and port information from the Manage Hardware page. Display current search For more information, see the DISPLAY paths and current values man pages.
  • Page 21 IMONITOR. diagnose problems. DSLOG Manage eDirectory error — Use the n4u.server.log-levels and logs. n4u.server.log-file parameters in the /etc/opt/novell/ eDirectory/conf/nds.conf configuration file. Merge and rename For more information, see the DSMERGE ndsmerge eDirectory trees; display man page.
  • Page 22 NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart DSREPAIR Maintain and repair the ndsrepair For more information, see the database of a Novell ndsrepair man page. eDirectory tree. See also IMONITOR. A menu-driven trace utility — This is not DSTRACE.
  • Page 23 FILER directories in the file There are numerous shell (In DOS from a system. commands for managing (copying, Novell Client) deleting, moving, etc.) files. Verify that files in the — This command has not been ported FIXNAMES specified path on an NSS to Linux for NSS.
  • Page 24 However, this is not server console. recommended. HTTPBIND Set an IP address, port, — In Novell Remote Manager, click the etc. for HTTPSTK to open. Config icon, then edit the httpstkd config file. Close a port on all IP —...
  • Page 25 For help with YaST, enter yast -h at the command prompt. INVENTORY Generate a volume — In Novell Remote Manager, click inventory for use by NRM. Volume Inventory and select the volume name. IPCRM Remove System V IPC ipc_rmid...
  • Page 26 OES-Linux. IPXS However, it is available on a NetWare virtual machine running on an OES-Linux host server. JAVA Start the Novell JVM* for java For more information, see the java NetWare product. . man page.
  • Page 27 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart Enable or disables — There is no simple command or pausing between switch to enable pausing in script commands executed from file execution. NCF files. To enable manual confirmation of steps in the boot process, edit etc/sysconfig/boot change the...
  • Page 28 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart LIST FAILOVER List the multipath devices — NSS multipath I/O is not supported DEVICES and their paths. on OES-Linux. For information about multipath I/O on SLES 10, “Managing Multipath I/O for Devices”...
  • Page 29 Drive letters are not used on Linux. However, if you install the NCP server, Novell Clients can then map drives to NCP volumes on OES- Linux servers. MEDIA … Respond to the screen —...
  • Page 30 OES- percentage of mirrored Linux. data on each partition. The nsscon utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS Console” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide.
  • Page 31 Also see the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote Manager for Linux Administration Guide. Online Processors — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote Manager for Linux Administration Guide. Original Cache — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote Buffers Manager for Linux Administration Guide.
  • Page 32 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart Open Files — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote Manager for Linux Administration Guide. Available Options in Monitor: Connections — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote Manager for Linux Administration Guide.
  • Page 33 NSS volumes The nsscon utility is installed with after a reboot) the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS Console” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide.
  • Page 34 Counterpart NCOPY Specify your intention for — This functionality for NSS on Linux copying a compressed file is provided through the Novell to a compressed volume Client, installed on either a client or or a non-compressed the OES-Linux server. volume.
  • Page 35 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart NWCONFIG Manage the server and yast YaST is the tool for installing OES- install additional products. Linux and OES services. Many configuration parameters are similar to NetWare. For help with YaST, enter yast -h at the command prompt.
  • Page 36 — The nssmu utility is used to manage software RAID 0 RAID 1 software RAIDs for NSS volumes and RAID 5 devices. and is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs. It is documented in “NSS Management Utility (NSSMU) Quick Reference”...
  • Page 37 Recover corrupted Novell The ravsui and ravview utilities are REBUILD ravsui Storage Services (NSS) installed as part of Novell Storage ravview pools. Services NSS. fsck Use ravsui to rebuild or verify an NSS pool on Linux that is in a maintenance state.
  • Page 38 This functionality is available REMIRROR logical NSS partition. through the nsscon utility on OES- PARTITION Linux. The nsscon utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS Console” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide.
  • Page 39 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart REPLACE Unload and reload a — Performing an equivalent action on specific module in one Linux can prevent the system from step. running. Not recommended. Execute a list of —...
  • Page 40 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart ROUTE Pass frames (packets) route For more information, see the from NetWare through route man page. IBM*-compatible source route bridges. Manipulate the routing For more information, see the ROUTECON route tables manually.
  • Page 41 “Sending Messages to Logged-In Users” in the OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide. For more information about sending messages using Novell Remote Manager, see “Sending Messages to Logged-In Users” in the OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.
  • Page 42 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart SET TIME Set the date and time on — eDirectory requires a synchronized the server. date and time on all OES-Linux servers in the same tree. For more information, see “Time Services”...
  • Page 43 Linux. However, there is a GPL utility named supportconfig that collects system troubleshooting information. For more information, visit the Cool Solutions Web site (http://www.novell.com/ coolsolutions/tools/16106.html). TIME Display date and time, date For more information, see the date daylight saving time man page.
  • Page 44 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart TIMESYNC — Timesync is a NetWare time protocol that is compatible with and being replaced by NTP on NetWare. NTP is also the time protocol for Linux. Provide Transport Level —...
  • Page 45 Counterpart VERIFY Validate all blocks in an The ravsui and ravview utilities are ravsui NSS pool. installed as part of Novell Storage verify Services NSS. poolname ravview Use the ravsui utility to find out whether you need to rebuild a pool to correct NSS volume problems.
  • Page 46 Equivalent functionality for NSS volumes is available in the nssmu utility, which is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS Management Utility (NSSMU) Quick Reference” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide.
  • Page 47 Linux Command NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand Alternatives and Notes Counterpart XNFS SHARE Share a path dynamically. exportfs -o For more information, see the /PATH options exportfs man page. EXPORT_OPTIONS host:/path Unshare a path. For more information, see the XNFS UNSHARE / exportfs -u man page.
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  • Page 49: Other Tips

    3.3 Encryption for Linux Traditional File Systems If you are interested in encrypting Linux traditional partitions and files, see “Encrypting Partitions and Files (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/sles_admin/data/ cha_cryptofs.html#cha_cryptofs)” in the SLES 10 SP3 Installation and Administration Guide (http:/ /www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/sles_admin/data/ book_sle_reference.html#book_sle_reference).
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