Novell CLIENT 1.0 FOR LINUX README

Novell ClientTM for Linux

1.0

October 12, 2005

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Novell Client for Linux Known Issues Readme 7

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Installation Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Install Only on 32-Bit Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Uninstall Previous Version before Installing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Package Failed Error During YaST Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Install Script Contains Fatal Error Messages But Still Installs Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Login Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Integrated Login Not Provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

CN User Identifier Variable Displays the Wrong Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Supported MAP Command Login Script Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Map Command Differences from Windows Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

IF Statement Does Not Work without the THEN Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cannot Log In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

PAUSE Command in Login Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Users Not Prompted to Change an Expired Password if it has Expired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

General Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

FAM/iNotify Causes File Copy to Hang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Invalid Connections Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Receive Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

File and Folder Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Man Page Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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