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Here's where we keep the free stuff. We've collected quite an array of goodies that you can take home and keep, and we hope to collect more. Hint, hint...

Maybe there's no such thing as a free lunch, but there are occasional snacks. Like these free tools, for example, which have been sent to Novell by developers inside and outside Novell who just want to share. (A few of them are evaluation copies, and you'll need to pay for the full program if you decide you like it. But you are free to use anything you can download from here.)

Here's the official disclaimer. Read it now, and you can skip it ever after...

The origin of these files may be internal or external to Novell. If you download or use these files, you do so at your own risk. Novell makes no explicit or implied claims to the ownership, operation, or safety in download or use of these files. If you submit a file to be posted in this area, you grant Novell the right to re-distribute the file or files. Whew.

There are tons more tools on the comprehensive Cool Tools Page, but these are the ones we think are terrific with the Small Business Suite. Enjoy.

tools and utilities

Delay Command

  • File Name: delaycmd.zip
    File Size: 4KB
    File Owner: Larry McCloskey
    Uploaded By: Richard Warwick
    Email: warwickr@usa.net
    Date: 9Aug1999

    The syntax is:
    LOAD DELAYCMD "command to be executed"
    Seconds can be from 1 to 3600. Be sure to put the command in quotes.

    For example, I've put this in AUTOEXEC:

    LOAD COMMEXEC
    LOAD DLM
    LOAD SMA
    LOAD DELAYCMD 5 "CSLOAD MYPROFILE"
    LOAD DELAYCMD 30 "LOAD AS400PCS MYPROFILE"
    etc.

    Guess you'd put DELAYCMD nnn "LOAD HOSTPRINT" or whatever here too. (I don't know the syntax of how you load it, but you get the idea.)

    Works for me. If anybody wants it, feel free to pass it around. It's public, and I hereby disclaim any rights or responsibility.

    Note: DELAYCMD.NLM is the creation of Larry McCloskey of Bus-Tech - M. Grimm

    [Note from a user of this tool: I've found that this works well - better in certain circumstances than the delay.nlm built into NetWare5. Among other things, it gives you the colon prompt back while it's waiting. It looks like source code to the nlm is included in the zip.]


    DMS Stripper Posted July 21, 2000

    File name: kac3podmsstripper.exe

    Contact: Kenetic Associates Ltd
    Toronto | Ottawa
    (613) 769-6667
    www.kenetic.com

    Here is a little freeware utility that removes the DMS menu items and buttons from the GroupWise client for those organizations who have not implemented DMS and don't want to confuse their users with inactive menu items.


    DSpace V2.0 - Disk Usage Scanner

  • File Name: dspace.zip
    File Size: 190k
    File Owner: Andrew Cobb
    Date: 18Mar98

    DSpace lets the administrator quickly check who is using all the disk space on a server. Works in both Bindery and NDS modes. Limits can be placed on disk usage and the data can be copied to a database or spreadsheet for further processing.


    DSPass - Change DS user passwords

  • File Name: dspass.zip
    File Size: 35k
    File Owner: DreamLAN Network Consulting LTD
    Uploaded By: Peter Kuo
    Email: info@DreamLAN.com
    Date 05Feb98

    This is a NetWare NLM utility to allow you to change the NDS password for any NDS user. This is useful in resetting the Admin password in case it is lost.

    The latest registered version can be used to change the bindery password (including that of Supervisor) of the DS user object on a given server within your tree.

    Please send comments and suggestions to: http://www.dreamlan.com


    eBiz - Create an online store

  • ebiz.zip
    File Size: 469 KB
    File Owner: Anantha Kesari H Y
    Email: HYanantha@novell.com
    Updated: 19 Jan 2001

    eBusiness on NetWare assists you in creating a virtual online store and throws light on how to use Novell Script for NetWare to create and operate an online store and on how to access the database and NDS for product and user information, respectively.

    Ebiz.zip contains the application, source code and the documentation (in PDF format).This application is designed to run on NetWare 5.1 and NSBS 5.1, and uses NetWare Enterprise Web server and Oracle 8i to access the database.

    For more information, see this article.


    NICE Updates

  • File Name: evenNICEr.zip
  • Posted: March 10, 2000

    Several readers have reported some problems using NICE with a custom install, or when trying to use modems that aren't part of the default assortment shipped with NetWare. Well check this out. Daniel Shelley, an NWSB Engineer with a soft spot in his heart for customers, has graciously updated both the DHCPCFG5.NLM, and the ISPWIZ so they won't trip you up anymore.

    For more information, see this article.


    ForAge - Age-of-file batch utility

  • File Name: forage.zip
    File Size: 51k
    File Owner: Timothy Campbell
    Date: 02Feb98

    ForAge is a handy little utility that feeds the file name of the newest (or oldest)file in a group of files to another command. Ideal for QUICK AUTOMATIC BACKUPS, or for use in an application where data files are processed in time and date order. The ForAge package includes demo batch files, and "SAFE", a simple (and fast) backup utility. Fully functional evaluation copy.


    GroupWise Archive Manager 1.0.42 Posted July 21, 2000

    File name: kac3poarchivemanager.zip
    Contact: Kenetic Associates Ltd
    Toronto | Ottawa
    (613) 769-6667
    www.kenetic.com

    The GroupWise Archive Manager assists users and administrators in dealing with the task of maintaining GroupWise archives. The utility provides two functions, to remind and assist users in archiving their mail based on predefined thresholds and to maintain multiple archive directories based on calendar year. In this way archive directories do not become unmanageable, and older archives directories can be groomed to tape or other more economical storage.

    New in Version 1.0.42

    Bug Fixes:

    Fixed a problem where if an archive directory already existed, the application would keep on appending the value 2000 to the current directory everytime the client was started.

    Enhancements:

    • Added support to search and archive outgoing (sent) items. A check box was added to the configuration options to select or deselect sent items.
    • Added enhanced categorization of returned archiveable items including:
      • Source Folder
      • Item Type (Incoming or Outgoing)
    • Added column sorting on returned archiveable items.
    • Moved Toolbar configuration option menu to sub menu "Custom Settings"

    This utility is fee based and comes with an evaluation nag screen. Full documentation is included with the utility.


    Hidden Object Locator

  • File Name: hobjloc.zip
    File Size: 46k
    File Owner: Novell Consulting
    Date: 02Jul96

    Easily find hidden NDS objects in your tree. This zip file contains two files: an NLM and a text file with instructions.


    Keepalive
  • File Name: keepaliv.zip

    File Size: 1kb
    File Owner: Joe Moore
    Uploaded by: Joe Moore
    Email: joem@crowther.net
    Date: 7/31/1999

    Keep proxy server alive by pinging public interface every hour.

    Note: requires 2 additional files from http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm#tools
    stufkey5.exe and cron5.exe


    Login Checker 3.0 - Makes sure users login correctly

  • File Name: logchk30.zip
    File Size: 61k
    File Owner: Michael Meinberg
    Date: 13Jul98

    Login Checker 3.0 is a utility that will insure that every user logs in correctly into your Novell network. It alerts the user that they did not log in correctly if they mistype their login name or password. This saves network help desks hours of frustrating calls caused when users don't log in correctly - but don't realize it until they need a network function. In use by over 60,000 people!

    Quick and easy to install - no changes to the work stations are needed. Uploaded by the Authors: Tamalpais Technologies Full support provided. Full working copy - this is not crippled in anyway.


    Mass Forward Posted July 21, 2000

    File name: kac3pomassforward.zip
    Contact: Kenetic Associates Ltd
    Toronto | Ottawa
    (613) 769-6667
    www.kenetic.com

    This utility for the GroupWise 5.x client provides the added functionality to select multiple messages from the GroupWise folder or mailbox and seamlessly forward them as multiple attachments to a single message. In addition, the utility will also extract text from multi-attachment messages to create a single message and will allow users to include, for non-repudiation reasons, the original message as an attachment to the reply.

    This utility is fee based and comes with an evaluation nag screen. Full documentation is included with the utility.


    NDS2Word

  • File Name: nds2word.zip
    File Size: 5kb
    File Owner: Alex Warmerdam
    Email: alex.warmerdam@ngn.nl
    Date: 6May99

    NDS2Word, places the fullname and generational qualifier field in the right spot for word and excel as username and initials.


    NDSAdmin v2 - Help Desk Change Password Utility

  • File Name: ndsadm2.zip
    File Size: 268k
    File Owner: DreamLAN Network Consulting LTD.
    Uploaded By: Peter Kuo
    Email: info@DreamLAN.com
    Date: 02Feb98

    NDSAdmin v2 is a simple Help Desk-type utility that allows authorized users to perform the following tasks:

    1. Change the NDS password for NDS users.
    2. Reset grace login limits.
    3. Reset intruder detection lockouts.
    4. Disable user ids.

    These help desk users do *NOT* require to be granted special NDS rights.

    This is especially important in the case of changing passwords -- the W NDS right to the ACL of the user object is required and can lead to unnecessary security issues.

    Please address questions and comments to: http://www.dreamlan.com


    NetWare Ram Estimator v.1.0

  • File Name: nrame100.zip
    File Size: 210k
    File Owner: Novell Consulting
    Date: 12Feb97

    NetWare RAM estimator runs on Win95 or NT. NRAME incorporates details such as NDS features and Green River issues. Also you can calculate additional products such as CDROM and SFT III (3 and 4). NRAME includes a valuable printout/screen with statistics about where and how the memory is used in the system.


    PFA_G6

  • File Name:
    File Size: 1k
    Date: 22Feb2000

    When using GroupWise 5.5, which is included with Novell Small Business Suite 5 (NSBS5), you also have the ability to manage POP3 accounts with the aid of the POP Forwarding Agent (PFA). PFA was installed by default when you installed NSBS5. It allows you to use dynamic IP addressing from an ISP to receive e-mail from the Internet. Depending on your configuration, this agent can collect e-mail for one organization from a POP3 mailbox or specific user POP3 mailboxes and forward the e-mail to the local GroupWise users' mailboxes.

    This download file contains files necessary to update all previous versions of the POP-Forwarding Agent (PFA) to the Global Release 6 level. PFA G6 fixes some mail delivery bugs in PFA_G5 and earlier. PFA_G5 updates PFA_G4 with additional documentation in this Readme file and includes a revised NWCONFIG install script. PFA_G5 fixes several issues found in previous shipping versions of the PFA.

    Specifically, this file resolves the problem where messages from a domain POP3 mailbox piled up in the SYS:\MAIL\GWDOM\PFA directory rather than being forwarded from the server to local users on the network.

    For more information, read this article.


    SAPPHIRE Bulletin Board

  • File Name: pssa411.zip
    File Size: 515k
    File Owner: Timothy Campbell
    Date: 4Feb98

    SAPPHIRE is a bulletin board system that is optimized for business and institutional applications. It installs in seconds and does not need daily maintenance. It is popular with consultants, support lines, typesetters and translators. It is also popular with people who have not run a BBS before, but need one up and running immediately.

    Compatible with DOS and Novell. In other words, you can run Sapphire on that old XT or AT that is gathering dust in your closet!


    Survey Generator

  • File Name: sg.zip
  • Updated: 19 Jan 2001
  • Survey Generator is a scripting application to create and host Web-based surveys. It collects several specifications from the user and creates a survey in the form of ASP scripts and a corresponding table in the Oracle database. Results are provided in tabular and graphical format.

    All the specifications obtained from the user are stored in an INI file that can be easily edited outside the application. The INI file and the ASP scripts are copied into a directory created for the particular survey. Access rights for this directory need to be provided by the NDS administrator; so, a mail is shot off to the administrator by the application. Since scripts are used, the user can further customize the survey by tweaking them.

    For more information, see this article.