[nflug] novell login

[eric at bootz.us]

ok, is there a generic opensource NDS that would run on any linux  
server ...I'm guessing not since novell would probably create some law  
suits


Quoting Richard Hubbard <hubbardr at adelphia.net>:

> The longin client doesn't login to a server, rather it logs into a
> service. This isn't just symantics.  the Novell Directory Services
> (NDS) is the service that is being used for authentication on the
> network.  These services can be run from a Novell Netware server, or
> they can be run from a Linux server. (I think you can also set up NDS
> to be run by Windows, but don't quote me on that.)  Lately Novell has
> been moving away from the concept of Novell Netware as an operating
> system because it's too expensive to keep updating the OS, especially
> when it's the service doing the authentication.
>
> Don't ask me how to do it though...
>
> Robert Wolfe wrote:
>> eric wrote:
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> can novell's "logon client" for windows logon to any kind of Linux server?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Eric
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>>
>> I believe it will only connect to Novell NetWare-type servers (but,  
>>  I could be wrong).
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