Novell CLIENT FOR LINUX 2.0 User guide

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Novell Client 2.0 SP3 for Linux User Guide

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4 Novell Client 2.0 SP3 for Linux User Guide

Contents

About This Guide 7

1 Using the Novell Client Tray Application 9

1.1 Starting and Stopping the Novell Client Tray Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Logging In to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.2.1 Running Novell Login Scripts During Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.3 Logging Out of a Network Location (Server or Tree) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.4 Viewing Your Network Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.5 Changing Your Network Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.6 Mapping Network Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.7 Disconnecting a Mapped Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.8 Editing Your Login Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.9 Configuring the Novell Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.10 Viewing Novell Client Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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2 Using Novell Utilities 17

2.1 Assigning Rights to Volumes, Files, and Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2 Setting Inherited Rights and Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.3 Viewing Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.3.1 Viewing File and Folder Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.3.2 Viewing Volume Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.4 Salvaging Deleted Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2.5 Purging Deleted Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.6 Sending Messages to Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2.7 Sending Messages to the System Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

A Documentation Updates 27

A.1 September, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

A.2 August, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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6 Novell Client 2.0 SP3 for Linux User Guide

About This Guide

This guide describes how to use the Novell® ClientTM for Linux features available in the Novell
Client tray application. This guide contains the following sections:

 Chapter 1, “Using the Novell Client Tray Application,” on page 9

 Chapter 2, “Using Novell Utilities,” on page 17

Audience

This guide is intended for users of the Novell Client for Linux.

Feedback

We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation
included with this product. Please use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page of the
online documentation, or go to www.novell.com/documentation/feedback.html and enter your
comments there.

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Documentation Updates

For the latest version of this documentation, see the Novell Client online documentation (http://

www.novell.com/documentation/linux_client/index.html).

Additional Documentation

For information on installing the Novell Client for Linux, see the “Novell Client 2.0 SP3 for Linux

Installation Quick Start.”

For information on administering the Novell Client for Linux and for information regarding man
pages, see the Novell Client 2.0 SP3 for Linux Administration Guide.

For information on login scripts, see the Novell Login Scripts Guide.

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1

Using the Novell Client Tray

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Application

Novell® ClientTM for Linux workstation and server extends the capabilities of Linux desktops and
servers by providing access to NetWare
workstations and servers, the Client lets you enjoy the full range of Novell services such as
authentication via Novell eDirectory
reliable file system access. The Client supports the Novell traditional NCP

Novell Client 2.0 SP3 for Linux supports workstations and servers running either of the following:

 SUSE

 Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2

For information on installing the Novell Client for Linux, see the “Novell Client 2.0 SP3 for Linux

Installation Quick Start.”

This section contains the following information:

 Starting and Stopping the Novell Client Tray Application (page 9)

 Logging In to the Network (page 10)

 Logging Out of a Network Location (Server or Tree) (page 12)

 “Viewing Your Network Connections” on page 12

®

Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit)

®

and Open Enterprise Server (OES). When installed on

TM

, network browsing and service resolution, and secure and

TM

protocol.

1

 Changing Your Network Password (page 13)

 Mapping Network Directories (page 13)

 Disconnecting a Mapped Directory (page 14)

 Editing Your Login Script (page 14)

 Configuring the Novell Client (page 15)

 Viewing Novell Client Version Information (page 15)

1.1 Starting and Stopping the Novell Client Tray Application

You can use the Novell Client tray application to access many of the Novell Client for Linux
features. Simply click the red N icon ( ) located in the tray.

Click to see the following menu:

Using the Novell Client Tray Application

9