Novell Open Enterprise Server

Novell Client for Linux

Overview

Deploying Linux for the first time—whether on the desktop or on the server—doesn't need to be a foreign undertaking. The familiarity of the Novell experience is preserved when you use Novell Client for Linux.

Novell Client for Linux provides Novell NetWare and Novell Open Enterprise Server connectivity to Linux workstations by translating login script commands to their Linux counterparts. Once it is installed on workstations, users can enjoy the full range of Novell NetWare and Novell Open Enterprise Server services such as Novell eDirectory; single, synchronized login; and multiprotocol support — not to mention many mission-critical applications.

Features

Novell Client for Linux delivers the following features:

• Support for traditional Novell protocols (NDAP, NCP and RSA) and open protocols (LDAP, CIFS and NFS)
• Automatic background reconnect to the Novell NetWare server or Novell Open Enterprise Server
• Greater than 4 GB file support
• DFS junction support
• Unicode file naming in mixed language environments
• Secure Authentication in conjunction with universal password
• Background automatic reconnect
• Novell login script support
• Processing of container, profile and user login scripts
• Conversion of existing Windows login scripts to run on Linux as native shell scripts
• Login script support and results display
• Novell eDirectory multi-tree support and authentication
• Service address and name resolution caching
• Network browsing and resolution through DNS, DHCP, SLP, NDAP
• IP address costing
• Automatic workstation local user account provisioning (requires LDAP)
• Advanced password policy support (requires LDAP)
• NCP packet signing and support
• Drive mapping on a Linux desktop

Additional Information

The Novell Client for Linux is just one of the clients Novell offers. For detailed information on other Novell Clients, please visit http://www.novell.com/products/clients.