Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - UPGRADING TO OES-PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2009 Implementation Manual page 22

Service
NSS (Novell Storage
Services )
TM
NTPv3
OpenSSH
PAM (Pluggable
Authentication
Modules)
Pervasive.SQL*
PKI (Public Key
Infrastructure)
Printing
QuickFinder
RADIUS
Samba
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NetWare 6.5 SP8
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
TM Yes
Yes
No
OES 2 Platform Differences / Migration Issues
Yes Most NSS services are available on both
platforms. For a list of NSS features that are
not used on Linux, see
Issues for
System Administration
Yes The ntpd.conf
replace an OES server's NTP configuration
file without modification.
Yes Netware includes a port of the open source
product. Linux includes the open source
product itself.
See "Functions Unique to the NetWare
Platform" in the
Administration
Yes PAM is a Linux service that Novell
leverages to provide eDirectory
authentication. eDirectory authentication is
native on NetWare.
No Pervasive.SQL is available for Linux
the Web (http://www.pervasive.com/
support/technical/online_manuals.asp).
Yes No functional differences.
Yes See "iPrint" in the
Implementation
Yes
Yes See the information on forge.novell.com
(http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/
project/?edirfreeradius).
Yes Samba is an open source technology
available on OES. Novell provides
automatic configuration for authentication
through eDirectory. For more information,
see the OES 2 SP2: Samba Administration
Guide.
"Cross-Platform
NSS" in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File
Guide.
file on NetWare can
NW 6.5 SP8: OpenSSH
Guide.
OES 2 SP2: Planning and
Guide.
from