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Contents

About This Guide 7

1What's New 9

2 NetWare/Linux Command Map 11

3 Other Tips 49

3.1 Common Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3.2 NCF vs. Shell Script Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3.3 Encryption for Linux Traditional File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Contents 5

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About This Guide

We plan to expand the information in this guide over time. However, it will never become a substitute for the formal, intensive training that is required to become an efficient and successful Linux administrator.

Audience

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This guide is designed to help network administrators understand some of the similarities and differences between NetWare

Feedback

We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation included with OES. To contact us, use the User Comments feature at the bottom of any page in the online documentation.

Documentation Updates

For the latest version of this guide, refer to the OES 2 Documentation Web site.

Documentation Conventions

In this documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step and items within a cross-reference path.

A trademark symbol (®, ™, etc.) denotes a Novell trademark.

When a single pathname can be written with a backslash for some platforms, or a forward slash for other platforms, the pathname is presented with a forward slash to reflect the Linux convention. Users of platforms that require a backslash, such as NetWare, should use backslashes as required by the software.

and Linux, and to begin working with OES-Linux

trademark. An asterisk (*) denotes a third-party

About This Guide 7

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What's New

This guide has been updated for the OES 2 product release with a number of new command entries in the “NetWare/Linux Command Map” on page 11 and a new chapter, “Other Tips” on page 49.

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What's New

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NetWare/Linux Command Map

NetWare® administrators who are deploying OES-Linux are interested in finding Linux counterparts for their favorite NetWare commands.

Table 2 -1 lists mappings between many of the common NetWare commands and their Linux

counterparts with the following limitations:

 Neither the list of NetWare commands nor the list of Linux counterparts is comprehensive. If

you require more detailed information, you might consider purchasing a command reference from an industry publisher.

 NetWare and Linux are completely different operating systems. Some NetWare commands

don’t have a Linux counterpart. Where counterparts don’t exist, we have attempted to provide explanations to help you. Ultimately, however, this section is only a tool to help you get started. It is not a substitute for the hands-on Linux training that all Linux administrators need.

 The NetWare and Linux commands listed are only available when the NLM

RPM (Linux) associated with the command is installed on the server where the command is attempted. For some listed commands, the associated NLM programs and RPMs are not installed by default.

(NetWare) or

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For some NetWare commands, the Linux alternative is provided by functionality in either iManager or Novell

Utilities and Tools” in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and Implementation Guide.

A substantial number of alternatives are also provided through YaST (Yet another Setup Tool). They are available in both GUI and text versions, and are accessed at a Linux command prompt by entering

www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/sles_admin/data/cha_yast2.html#cha_yast2)” in the SLES

10 SP3 Installation and Administration Guide (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/ sles_admin/data/book_sle_reference.html#book_sle_reference).

Table 2-1 references man pages extensively. To access a man page, enter

command prompt, where command is the Linux counterpart. After reading about the command, type Shift+Q to return to the command prompt. Or alternatively, if you have the KDE desktop loaded, you can view formatted man pages in the Konqueror browser. In the location bar, enter view a list of categories, or enter

Remote Manager (NRM). For information on Novell management utilities, see “OES

yast

. For more information on YaST, see “System Configuration with YaST (http://

man:/command

man command

to view the man page for a specific command.

at the Linux

man:/

NetWare/Linux Command Map

Table 2-1 NetWare/Linux Command Map

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

;

ABORT REMIRROR

Specify a line as a comment (used in NCF files).

Stop remirroring a logical partition.

Linux Command Counterpart

— This functionality is available

Alternatives and Notes

Comments preceded by a pound sign (#) are not displayed as the shell script runs, but those preceded by an exclamation mark (!) are echoed.

For information about shell script files, see Section 3.2, “NCF vs.

Shell Script Files,” on page 49.

Comments preceded by a pound sign (#) are not displayed as the script runs, but those preceded by an exclamation mark (!) are echoed.

For information about script files, see Section 3.2, “NCF vs. Shell

Script Files,” on page 49.

through the nsscon utility on OESLinux.

The nsscon utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS

Console” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS

File System Administration Guide.

ACTIVATEMODULE

Load or start modules that are preloaded by the

startup.ncf

modules that were loaded using the load -s command.

file or

chkconfig

By itself, processes available to be loaded at startup and their current state.

Including the name of a service (for example, chkconfig apache2) displays the current state: “on” means that the service starts with the system, “off” means the service doesn’t start with the system, and “unknown service” means that the service is not installed.

For configuration options, see the

chkconfig

man page.

lists all the

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

ADD NAME SPACE

Add support for storing files for other file systems on a NetWare volume.

Linux Command Counterpart

yast

Alternatives and Notes

Access YaST > Network Services

CIFS (Samba) and other protocols are supported by specific RPMs. For more information, see the OES2

SP2: Samba Administration Guide

NFS support is native to Linux volumes.

If you create an NSS volume on Linux, the name space defaults to UNIX*. Changing the setting to Long using either nssmu or iManager improves performance, especially if you plan to store millions of files on the volume. For more information, see “Configuring

the Name Space for an NSS Volume” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS

File System Administration Guide.

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

yast -h

ADD SECONDARY IPADDRESS

ALERT

ALIAS

APPLET

APPLETVIEWER

ARP

BASH

Add a secondary IP address.

Manage NetWare alerts. — KDE System Guard includes a

Define an alias.

J a v a A p p l e t V i e w e r

Usage: appletviewer options include: -debug ,

-encoding, and -J (runtime flag)

The -J option is nonstandard and subject to change without notice.

Display and modify the ARP table.

Use a BASH shell, including a variety of useful system utilities, on NetWare.

ip addr add

alias

appletviewer

arp

/bin/bash

For more information, see the ip man page.

Messages sensor you can add to the Worksheet. However, this requires that the KDE GUI is installed and running on the server, which consumes system resources.

For more information, see the

alias

man page.

For more information, see the

appletviewer

For more information, see the man page.

The Bourne Again Shell is the default command line interface on most Linux systems.

man page.

arp

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

BIND

Link a communication protocol to a network board and its LAN driver.

BINDERY

Add or remove a bindery context to or from the list of all bindery contexts for this server.

BROADCAST

Send messages to NCPTM users by username or connection number.

CDDVD

Allow a CD or DVD disk to function as a Novell® Storage Services (NSS) volume.

Linux Command Counterpart

ethtool

mii-tool

Alternatives and Notes

‘For more information, see the man page associated with each command.

— The NetWare Bindery was obsolete

in NDS®/eDirectoryTM starting with NetWare 4 and is not available on OES-Linux.

ncpcon send

The send command only sends messages to connections (stations), not to usernames.

Also keep in mind that send functionality applies to NCP connections only. Users attached through Samba/CIFS or some other protocol do not receive messages unless they also have an NCP

(Novell Client

) connection.

— Support for CDs and DVDs is

loaded automatically on Linux, and disks are often automatically mounted under /media when inserted. Removable media cannot be accessed as NSS volumes on OESLinux.

CHARSET

Change the code page currently used by the NetWare server.

yast

Similar functionality is available in YaS T > System > Language and System > Keyboard Layout options.

For help with YaST, enter

yast -h

at the command prompt.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

CLEAR STATION

Clear a workstation connection to a NetWare server.

Linux Command Counterpart

ncpcon

connection list

ncpcon

connection clear station

ncpcon

connection station

Alternatives and Notes

You can clear NCP (Novell Client) connections using the

connection clear

The

ncpcon

the NCP Server RPMs and is documented in “NCP Server

Console (NCPCON) Utility ” in the

OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

Novell Remote Manager for Linux also provides this. For more information, see “Using Novell

Remote Manager to Clear NCP Connections” in the OES 2 SP2:

NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

NOTE: For standard Linux (nonNCP) connections, there is no single command to do this.

You must discover how users are connected to the server and then stop the processes associated with those connections.

utility is installed with

ncpcon

command.

CLS

CLUSTER …

For example, use the with the U option to list processes for the user, and then use stop the root process for the user.

You can view how a user is connected on Linux using the

finger

For more information, see the man pages for the commands mentioned above.

Clear the console screen and move the console prompt to the top of the screen.

Manage clusters. — Similar commands are provided for

clear

Ctrl+l

For more information, see the

clear

functionality that is currently supported on OES-Linux.

For details, see “Console

Commands for Novell Cluster Services” in the OES 2 SP2: Novell

Cluster Services 1.8.7 for Linux Administration Guide.

command.

man page.

command

kill

NetWare/Linux Command Map 15

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

COMPFIX

CONFIG

Repair compressed volumes.

View the system information in the following rows.

Linux Command Counterpart

Alternatives and Notes

compfix compfix

OES SP2.

For more information, see the

compfix

sitar

siga

Although not functionally the same as

CONFIG

produce very detailed system reports in multiple formats, including HTML and text.

For more information, see the and

sitar

For the NCP server, you can use

ncpcon config

NCP server configuration information.

Linux server information is also available through specific Linux commands. For example, the command displays all current environment variables and their values.

is available starting with

man page.

, both

sitar

and

siga

man pages.

to display the

env

 NetWare server

name

 Internal network

number (server ID)

 Server up time

 Loaded LAN drivers

There is also a GPL utility named supportconfig that collects system troubleshooting information. For more information, visit the Cool

Solutions Web site (http:// www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/

16106.html).

hostname

cat /etc/

hostname

— This is an IPXTM convention. IPX is

uptime

lsmod

For more information, see the man pages associated with the

hostname

The server name also appears at the command prompt by default.

a legacy NetWare protocol that will not be ported to Linux. However, it is available on a NetWare virtual machine running on an OES-Linux host server.

For more information, see the

uptime

lsmod

memory, but not the module versions.

and

cat

commands.

man page.

lists modules loaded in

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shows the network card

configuration.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

 Driver version

numbers

 Hardware settings

 Node (station)

addresses

 External network

number of the cabling scheme

 Board name

Linux Command Counterpart

modinfo

dmesg

/var/log/

Alternatives and Notes

For more information, see the man pages associated with each command.

boot.msg

lsmod

— This is an IPX convention. IPX is a

yast

lsmod

lists modules loaded in

memory, but not the version.

shows the network card

configuration.

For more information, see the ip man page.

legacy NetWare protocol that will not be ported to Linux. However, it is available on a NetWare virtual machine running on an OES-Linux host server.

This information is available in YaS T > Hardware > Hardware Information.

CONLOG

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

yast -h

 Frame type — This is an IPX convention. IPX is a

legacy NetWare protocol that will not be ported to Linux. However, it is available on a NetWare virtual machine running on an OES-Linux host server.

 Networking protocol

for each network board

 Server’s eDirectory

tree and bindery context

Capture and log console messages.

— This is an IPX convention. IPX is a

legacy NetWare protocol that will not be ported to Linux. However, it is available on a NetWare virtual machine running on an OES-Linux host server.

ndsstat

rcndsd

status

cat /var/

log/

For more information, see the

ndsstat

To view more rcndsd options, enter

rcndsd -help

prompt.

Ctrl+F10 shows the console log in real time.

man page.

at the command

messages

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

CONSOLESAVE

CPUCHECK

CSET

DELETE SECONDARY

Save the System Console screen buffer to the default file

console[n].txt

the default path, or to the path specified with the loggerpath command.

Display processor information.

View or set SET parameters by category.

View or change the eDirectory context.

Delete a secondary IP address.

IPADDRESS

DHCPSRVR

Manage the Novell DHCP server.

Linux Command Counterpart

— Closely related commands are:

cat /proc/

cpuinfo

— See “SET” on page 41.

— Use iManager to view the tree.

ip addr del

dhcpd

Alternatives and Notes

script

tee

screen

For more information, see the respective man pages.

For more information, see the and

For more information, see the ip man page.

For more information, see “Administering and Managing

DHCP” in the OES 2 SP2: Novell

DNS/DHCP Administration Guide for Linux.

: makes a typescript of the

terminal session.

: reads from standard input and

writes to standard output

: a screen manager with

VT100/ANSI terminal emulation.

cpuinfo

man pages.

cat

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

DISABLE LOGIN

Prevent users from logging in.

Linux Command Counterpart

ncpcon

disable login

Alternatives and Notes

You can disable login for NCP file service access using the

disable login

The ncpcon utility is installed with the NCP Server RPMs and is documented in “NCP Server

Console (NCPCON) Utility ” in the

OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

IMPORTANT: You can’t disable the general login function for externally defined (eDirectory) users. For local users, this is commonly done by changing the login shell indicated in /etc/passwd to /bin/false.

Some Linux administrators habitually switch to single-user mode (init 1) to accomplish this. This causes eDirectory and other OES services to shut down, which is probably not desirable in most cases, and is certainly not equivalent to DISABLE LOGIN on NetWare, which allows services to continue to run even though logging in is disabled.

command.

ncpcon

DISABLE TTS

Manually disable the NetWare Transaction Tracking System (TTS). Primarily used only by application developers for testing purposes.

— TTS is not available for NSS

volumes on OES-Linux.

Journaled Linux file systems, such as Ext3, are capable of providing similar functionality. For example,

Journal

the journaling provides a service similar to TTS. For a brief summary of which file systems support journaling, see “Major File Systems

in Linux” in the SLES 10 SP2

Installation and Administration Guide.

For more information, search the Web for the file systems you are using.

mode of Ext3

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

DISMOUNT

DISPLAY DEVICE STATS

DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY INTERRUPTS

Make a volume unavailable to users.

Display I/O statistics for individual devices.

Display current search paths and current values of settable server parameters.

Display hardware interrupt information.

Linux Command Counterpart

ncpcon

umount

iostat

env

echo $PATH

yast

Alternatives and Notes

For NCP volumes, use ncpcon.

The ncpcon utility is installed with the NCP Server RPMs and is documented in “NCP Server

Console (NCPCON) Utility ” in the

OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

umount

volume mount points.

For more information, see the

iostat

Novell Remote Manager for Linux also provides I/O memory and port information from the Manage Hardware page.

For more information, see the and

Hardware information for each component is available in YaST > Hardware > Hardware Information.

lets you unmount Linux

man page.

echo

man pages.

env

DISPLAY IPX NETWORKS

DISPLAY IPX SERVERS

DISPLAY MODIFIED ENVIRONMENT

Display IPX network information.

Display IPX server information.

Display all non-default server parameter settings.

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

— IPX is a legacy NetWare protocol

that will not be ported to OES-Linux. However, it is available on a NetWare virtual machine running on an OES-Linux host server.

— IPX is a legacy NetWare protocol

that will not be ported to OES-Linux. However, it is available on a NetWare virtual machine running on an OES-Linux host server.

— Similar functionality is not available

on OES-Linux.

yast -h

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

DISPLAY MM STATS

DISPLAY PARTITION

Display Media Manager statistics.

Display the label of the specified partition.

LABEL

DISPLAY PROCESSORS

DISPLAY SECONDARY IPADDRESS

Display the status of available server processors.

Display the secondary IP addresses.

Linux Command Counterpart

— There are no MM commands for

fdisk -l

cat /proc/

cpuinfo

ip addr show

Alternatives and Notes

managing multipath I/O and snapshots on OES-Linux.

Multipath I/O for NSS is not supported on OES-Linux. For information about multipath I/O for Linux POSIX file systems on SLES 10, see “Managing Multipath I/O for

Devices” in the SLES 10 SP2:

Storage Administration Guide.

NSS Snapshots on OES-Linux are managed through either iManager or NSSMU.

.For more information, see the

fdisk

man page.

For more information, see the man page.

For more information, see the ip man page.

cat

DISPLAY SLP …

DOWN

DSDIAG

DSLOG

DSMERGE

Display SLP information.

Execute an orderly shutdown.

Document eDirectory; check tree health; diagnose problems.

Manage eDirectory error logs.

Merge and rename eDirectory trees; display time synchronization information for all servers in a tree.

slptool …

init 0

init 6

shutdown now

— This functionality is provided

— Use the n4u.server.log-levels and

For example,

smb

For more information, enter

slptool -help

prompt.

init 0

reboots the server.

For more information, see the respective man pages.

through IMONITOR.

n4u.server.log-file parameters in the

slptool findsrvs

at the command

halts the system,

init 6

/etc/opt/novell/ eDirectory/conf/nds.conf

configuration file.

ndsmerge

For more information, see the

ndsmerge

See also IMONITOR.

command causes the comment that follows it to be displayed, as does preceding the comment with an exclamation mark (!).

Comments preceded by a pound sign (#) are not displayed as the script runs.

For information about script files, see Section 3.2, “NCF vs. Shell

Script Files,” on page 49.

For more information, enter

edirutil -h

man page.

EDIT

ENABLE LOGIN

ENABLE TTS

ENV

Create or modify a text file on a boot, DOS, USB, or NetWare partition.

Reenable the login function after using DISABLE LOGIN. Enable the supervisor account (bindery only) when the account has been locked by the intruder detection function.

Manually enable the NetWare Transaction Tracking System (TTS).

This is primarily used only by application developers for testing purposes.

Display or set C Library environment variables.

For help, enter

vi -h

, or

man vim

vim

ncpcon enable login

— TTS is not available for NSS

env

See “DISABLE LOGIN” on page 19 for additional important information.

volumes on OES-Linux.

Journaled Linux file systems, such as Ext3, are capable of providing similar functionality. For example, the

Journal

journaling provides a service similar to TTS. For more information, search the Web for information about the file systems you are using.

For more information, enter

at the command prompt, or see

env

the

env

mode of Ext3

man page.

info

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

ENVSET

EXTCHECK

FILE SERVER NAME

FILER

(In DOS from a Novell Client)

FIXNAMES

Display or set Java* environment variables.

Check a jar file for title and version conflicts with any installed extensions.

Set the file server name in

autoexec.ncf

Manage files and directories in the file system.

Verify that files in the specified path on an NSS volume have legal names for the current code page.

Linux Command Counterpart

— You can use the

extcheck

—

— Filer is a legacy DOS-based tool.

— This command has not been ported

Alternatives and Notes

export

to set environment variables. For more information, see the man page.

For more information, see the

extcheck

Autoexec.ncf

so this command has no direct counterpart.

However, the system’s host name. For more information, see the man page.

There are numerous shell commands for managing (copying, deleting, moving, etc.) files.

to Linux for NSS.

For Linux traditional file systems, you can use the convert filenames from one language code to another. For more information, see the page.

man page.

is a NetWare file,

hostname

convmv

command

export

lets you set

hostname

utility to

convmv

man

FLAG

(In DOS from a Novell Client)

View or modify file and directory attributes, owner, etc.

chmod

only)

attrib

only)

nssmu

only)

(Linux

(NSS

You can also use iManager for this.

Understanding and working with Linux file attributes and ownership mechanisms requires training beyond the scope of this guide. For an introduction, see the“Access

Control Lists in Linux” and “Users and Access Permissions” in the

SLES 10 SP2 Installation and Administration Guide.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

FORMAT

HEALTH

Format a local FAT volume.

View the status of a server’s overall health as determined through iManager.

The

ALL

option displays the health of individual components.

Linux Command Counterpart

makefs

— Use Novell Remote Manager >

Alternatives and Notes

For NSS volumes, you can use NSSMU or the iManager Storage plug-in. Note, however, that NSS volumes are managed by EVMS.

Although it is possible to use

makefs

devices that are managed by nonEVMS volume managers, Novell does not support this option, and there are several critical feature limitations that apply. For more information, see “Using NSS on

Devices Managed by Non-EVMS Volume Managers (Linux)” in the

OES 2 SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide.

Diagnose > Health Monitor to

monitor the status of an OES-Linux server.

to create NSS volumes on

HELP

HIDESCREEN

HTTPBIND

HTTPCLOSEPORT

HTTPOPENPORT

HTTPUNBIND

ICAPTURE

(In DOS on a Novell Client)

View descriptions and syntax for commands.

Hide a screen for a utility that is running at the server console.

Set an IP address, port, etc. for HTTPSTK to open.

Close a port on all IP addresses bound to HTTPSTK.

Open a port on all IP addresses bound to HTTPSTK and optionally enable SSL on the port.

Remove an IP address:port that HTTPSTK has open. If no port is specified, all ports are closed.

Capture LPT ports and redirect the output to iPrint printers.

man command

— You can redirect output from the

— In Novell Remote Manager, click the

— This command applies to legacy

For more information on using man pages, see the

utility to null. However, this is not recommended.

Config icon, then edit the

httpstkd

Config icon, then edit the

httpstkd

Config icon, then edit the

httpstkd

Config icon, then edit the

httpstkd

NetWare printing, which is no longer supported.

iPrint is the OES printing solution.

man

man page.

config file.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

ICE

IDLJ

IFCONFIG

IMONITOR

Import/Export LDIF files; migrate LDAP data; compare and update schemas; use a template to load information into eDirectory.

Generate Java bindings from an IDL file.

Configure network interface parameters.

Monitor eDirectory and the servers it contains using a Web browser.

Linux Command Counterpart

ice

idlj

ethtool

mii-tool

yast

— In a Web browser go to http://

Alternatives and Notes

For more information, see the man page.

The ip command performs some configuration of network cards, but the changes are not permanent.

Instead, use modifications on the fly, or

tool

to configure network cards permanently.

server_name:8008.

iMonitor is also accessible through iManager > Roles and Tasks icon >

eDirectory Maintenance > Repair via iMonitor

ethtool

for

mii-

for older cards. Or use YaST

ice

idlj

INETCFG

INITIALIZE SYSTEM

INVENTORY

IPCRM

IPCS

IPRNTCMD

workstation)

(DOS

IPTRACE

Set up and customize your internetworking configuration for IPX, IP, and AppleTalk*.

Enable the multiprotocol router configuration (execute the system

netinfo.cfg

Generate a volume inventory for use by NRM.

Remove System V IPC semaphore or shared memory.

View allocated System V semaphores and shared memory segments.

Install, remove, or set a printer as the default printer.

Display the route that IP packets take across the network.

file).

yast

ethtool

For more information, see the respective man pages.

mii-tool

rcnetwork

For help, enter

rcnetwork -h

start

yast

— In Novell Remote Manager, click

ipc_rmid

ipc_stat

— This is a DOS printing command.

traceroute

Routing is configured through YaST.

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

Volume Inventory and select the volume name.

For more information, see the man page.

iPrint is the OES printing solution.

For more information, see the

traceroute

man page.

yast -h

ipc

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

IPX INTERNAL NET

IPXCON, IPXPING

View the server’s internal IPX network address.

Manage IPX. — IPX is a legacy NetWare protocol

IPXS

JAVA

JAR

JARSIGNER

JAVA

JAVAC

Start the Novell JVM* for NetWare product. .

Manage Java archives.

Sign and verify jar files.

Start the Novell JVM for NetWare product.

Compile Java source code into Java bytecodes.

Linux Command Counterpart

— IPX is a legacy NetWare protocol

java

jar

jarsigner

java

javac

Alternatives and Notes

and will not be ported to OES-Linux. However, it is available on a NetWare virtual machine running on an OES-Linux host server.

For more information, see the man page.

For more information, see the

jarsigner

For more information, see the man page.

For more information, see the

javac

man page.

java

jar

java

JAVADOC

JAVAH

JAVAP

JDB

KEYB

KEYTOOL

Generate API documentation from Java source code.

Produce C header files and C source files from a Java class.

Disassemble a Java class file.

Debug Java.

Change the console keyboard type.

Manage keys and certificates for Java.

javadoc

javah

javap

jdb

yast

keytool

For more information, see the

javadoc

For more information, see the

javah

For more information, see the

javap

For more information, see the man page.

You can change keyboard and language settings in YaST.

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

For more information, see the

keytool

man page.

yast -h

man page.

jdb

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

KF8

LANGUAGE

LFVMOUNT

Enable or disables pausing between commands executed from NCF files.

Set the language for subsequently loaded modules.

Mount all local FAT volumes not recognized by DOS and assign them a local drive letter.

Linux Command Counterpart

— There is no simple command or

yast

mount

Alternatives and Notes

switch to enable pausing in script file execution.

To enable manual confirmation of steps in the boot process, edit

etc/sysconfig/boot

change the

PROMPT_FOR_CONFIRM

“yes”

For information about script files, see Section 3.2, “NCF vs. Shell

Script Files,” on page 49.

All language settings are managed using YaST.

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

Parameters specified with the

mount

command determine the file systems mounted and attributes associated with the file systems.

and

parameter

yast -h

LFVOLUMES

LIST DEVICES

List the local FAT volumes currently mounted.

List the storage devices on the server and register new devices with the server’s Media Manager database.

mount

cat /dev/

device

ls /dev

yast

Drive letters are not used on Linux.

For more information, see the

mount

man page.

Used alone, the shows the currently mounted volumes.

Linux has many devices, each of which contains information you can view by “walking the /proc file system.”

Understanding Linux devices and the information displayed requires training beyond of the scope of this guide. For more information, see the SLES 10 SP2 Installation and

Administration Guide.

To display the currently mounted file systems, enter the command with no arguments.

You can display partitions in YaST > System > Partitioner, but be careful to exit without making changes.

mount

command

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

LIST FAILOVER DEVICES

LIST PARTITIONS

LIST STORAGE ADAPTERS

LIST STORAGE DEVICE BINDINGS

LOAD

List the multipath devices and their paths.

List the partitions on all mounted storage devices.

List the registered storage adapters.

List all Custom Device Modules (CDMs) bound to a particular device.

Link NetWare loadable modules to the operating system.

Linux Command Counterpart

— NSS multipath I/O is not supported

fdisk -l For more information, see the

hwinfo --

storage-

Alternatives and Notes

on OES-Linux. For information about multipath I/O on SLES 10, see “Managing Multipath I/O for

Devices” in the SLES 10 SP2:

Storage Administration Guide.

fdisk

man page.

The same comments apply as for

LIST DEVICES above.

ctrl

— CDM drivers are unique to the

NetWare architecture.

— Load and run commands are not

used on Linux. Generally, to execute files, you simply enter the filename or path/filename.

Most services are run from the

etc/init.d

directory.

LOGGERCLEAR

LOGGERPATH

LOGGERSAVE

OES services have and

restart

to restart eDirectory, enter

init.d/ndsd restart

command prompt.

Clear the logger screen. — The log path is hard-coded in

Change the directory where the file is saved.

Save the logger screen buffer to the logger.txt file.

logger.txt

Linux.to

However, some service configuration files include configuration settings that let you change the log path.

— The log path is hardcoded in

— Everything gets written to

Linux.to

However, some service configuration files include configuration settings that let you change the log path.

log/messages

service configuration file dictates otherwise.

/var/log/messages

start, stop

options. For example,

/etc/

at the

/var/

, unless a specific

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

(DOS workstation)

LOGOUT

(DOS workstation)

MAGAZINE …

MAP

(DOS workstation)

Access the network by logging in to a server and running a login script.

Exit the network or log out of servers.

Respond to the screen prompts

Magazine Magazine

View drive mappings; Create or change network or search drive mappings; Map a drive to a fake root directory (for applications that must use a root directory)

Insert

and

Remove

Linux Command Counterpart

— Login on Linux is a different concept

— The same comments apply as for

— There is no directly corresponding

—The

Alternatives and Notes

than on NetWare. You log in to a shell session with the server, which is analagous to accessing the console prompt on a NetWare server.

utility

mount

command used alone shows both local and remote mount points—the connections between file systems (either local or remote) and a directory on the server. You access the file system (local or remote) by accessing the local directory.

MEDIA …

Respond to the screen

MEMORY

MEMORY MAP

prompts and

Display the total amount of installed memory that the operating system can address.

Display the amount of memory (in bytes) allocated to DOS and to the server.

Insert Media

Remove Media

Drive letters are not used on Linux. However, if you install the NCP server, Novell Clients can then map drives to NCP volumes on OESLinux servers.

— On Linux, all media connections,

free

cat /proc/

meminfo

top

including remote connections and removable media, are handled through the

There’s no memory command per se on Linux. However, the command gives a good start on what’s installed, available, being used by buffers, etc.

If you want to see a GUI display, you must be running the KDE graphical interface and use KDE System Guard.

You can also view memory information in Novell Remote Manager (NRM). To access NRM in your Web browser, go to http:// server_name:8008 > Manage Linux > View Memory Information.

mount

command.

top

There is, of course, no memory allocated to DOS when Linux is running, even if there’s a separate DOS partition on the hard drive.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

MIRROR STATUS

MM …

MODULES

MONITOR

View the status of mirrored disk partitions. View the percentage of mirrored data on each partition.

Manage storage media. — See the explanation for DISPLAY

List the currently loaded NLM programs.

View server statistics and activity under two categories: General Information Options, and Available Options, as listed below.

Linux Command Counterpart

— This functionality is available

ps -eaf

— Most of the information you

Alternatives and Notes

through the nsscon utility on OESLinux.

The nsscon utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS

Console” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS

File System Administration Guide.

MM STATS.

The ps command displays currently running processes and roughly equivalent to MODULES on NetWare. For more information, see

man page or enter

the

Use lsmod to view kernel modules.

traditionally get through MONITOR is available in Novell Remote Manager (NRM). To access NRM, browse to http://server_name:8008 in your Web browser.

ps -eaf

ps -?

General Information Options in Monitor:

 Operating system

version and date

 Server name:

server_name in Directory tree

tree_name

 Utilization

For NCP server, you can display a number of statistics using ncpcon, including Server up time, Packets in, Packets dumped, etc. For more information, see “NCPCON” in the

OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

— See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

ndsstat

top

For more information, see the

ndsstat

Also see the OES 2 SP2: Novell

Remote Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

For more information, see the man page.

See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

man page.

top

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

 Server Up Time

 Online Processors — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

 Original Cache

Buffers

 Total Cache Buffers — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

 Dirty Cache Buffers — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Linux Command Counterpart

uptime

top

— See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Alternatives and Notes

For more information, see the

uptime

Also see the OES 2 SP2: Novell

Remote Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

You can also enter

mem/meminfo

prompt to get some of this information.

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

and

top

at the command

man pages.

cat /proc/

 Long Term Cache

Hits

 Current Disk

Requests

 Packet Receive

Buffers

 Directory Cache

Buffers

 Maximum Service

Processes

 Current Service

Processes

— See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

— See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

— See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

— See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

— See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

— See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

The information is presented differently on Linux, but it is there.

 Current Connections — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

 Open Files — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Available Options in Monitor:

 Connections — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

 Storage Devices — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

 Volum es

Linux Command Counterpart

ncpcon

df -h

Alternatives and Notes

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

You can see local, but not unallocated file systems.

The ncpcon utility is installed with the NCP Server RPMs and is documented in “NCPCON” in the

OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

To view mounted volumes, use

nsscon, ncpcon

depending on the volume types you are monitoring.

, or

mount

To view the utilization of Linux

 LAN/WAN Drivers

lsmod

partitions, enter command prompt.

For more information, see the

lsmod

man page.

df -h

at the

 Loaded Modules — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

 File Open/Lock

Activity

 Disk Cache

Utilization

— For NCP volumes only, see the

OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

— See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

 System Resources — A NetWare concept that is not

applicable to OES-Linux.

 Virtual Memory

vmstat

For more information, see the

vmstat

man page.

 Kernel — See the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote

Manager for Linux Administration Guide.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

 Server Parameters — Linux doesn’t have server

MOUNT

Make a volume available to users.

Linux Command Counterpart

mount

(for traditional Linux volumes)

nsscon

nssmu

(use the mount option for NSS volumes)

(for the first mount of encrypted NSS volumes after a reboot)

Alternatives and Notes

parameters.

nssmu

For NSS volumes, in volumes, then press F7.

For encrypted NSS volumes, the nssmu utility is required for mounting the encrypted volume on the first mount following a system reboot, because you must enter the encryption password to activate the volume. Thereafter, you can use the

mount

command in nsscon.

The nsscon utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS

Console” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS

File System Administration Guide.

The nssmu utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS

Management Utility (NSSMU) Quick Reference” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS

File System Administration Guide.

, select

NAME

NAMED

NATIVE2ASCII

NCMCON

Display the server name.

Manage Novell DNS services.

Convert text to Unicode* Latin-1 for use by Java.

Control and monitor PCI Hot Plug.

hostname

novell-named

native2ascii

— Hot Plug monitoring is available for

For more information, see the

hostname

Also, the server name appears at the command prompt by default.

For more information, see “Administering and Managing a

DNS Server” in the OES 2 SP2:

Novell DNS/DHCP Administration Guide for Linux.

IMPORTANT: The SLES 10 base includes named, but this is not integrated with eDirectory.

For more information, see the

native2ascii

only some hardware. Messages are commonly logged in

messages

man page.

/var/log/

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

NCOPY

NCS DEBUG

NDIR

NETSTAT

NSLOOKUP

NSS

Specify your intention for copying a compressed file to a compressed volume or a non-compressed volume.

Save a record of all NCS port activity in an ASCII text file named

ncstrace.log sys:system

View file attributes and compression information for all files in a directory.

Monitor the network status.

Diagnose DNS setup problems or DNS problems in an application.

Manage NSS at the command line.

in the

directory.

Linux Command Counterpart

— This functionality for NSS on Linux

— See “Console Commands for Novell

netstat

dig

nsscon

Alternatives and Notes

is provided through the Novell Client, installed on either a client or the OES-Linux server.

There is no equivalent for Linux POSIX file systems.

Cluster Services” in the OES 2 SP2:

Novell Cluster Services 1.8.7 for Linux Administration Guide.

For more information, see the ls man page.

For more information, see the

netstat

The deprecated on Linux.

The nsscon utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS

Console” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS

File System Administration Guide.

man page.

nslookup

command has been

NSSMU

NSWEB

NVXADM

NVXWEB

NWBOOT

Manage NSS storage media on a server.

Start and stop the NetWare Web Manager and NetWare Enterprise Web Server.

Start and stop the NetWare Web Manager.

Change NetWare boot options to use DOS or boot directly to NetWare.

nssmu

— NetWare Web Manager is not

— For information on SLES 10

The nssmu utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS

Management Utility (NSSMU) Quick Reference” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS

File System Administration Guide.

available on Linux.

booting, see “Booting and

Configuring a Linux System” in the

SLES 10 SP2 Installation and Administration Guide.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

NWCONFIG

NWPING

NWTRACE

NWTRAP

OFF

ORBD

Manage the server and install additional products.

Ping a remote host from a NetWare server.

Print the route that packets take to the network host.

Manage SNMP traps on NetWare.

Clear the console screen.

Enable clients to transparently locate and invoke persistent objects on servers in the CORBA* environment.

Linux Command Counterpart

yast

ping

traceroute

net-snmp

net-snmp-

utils

clear

Ctrl+l

orbd

Alternatives and Notes

YaST is the tool for installing OESLinux and OES services. Many configuration parameters are similar to NetWare.

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

For more information, see the man page.

For more information, see the

traceroute

For more information, see the respective man pages.

For more information, see the

clear

For more information, see the man page.

man page.

yast -h

ping

orbd

PAUSE

POLICYTOOL

PING

PPPCON

Cause NCF file execution to wait for a key to be pressed.

Create a manage policy files for Java.

Send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request packet to an IP node on your internetwork.

View Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) interface configuration and statistical information.

— There is no simple command or

switch to enable pausing in shell script file execution.

To enable manual confirmation of steps in the server boot process, edit

/etc/sysconfig/boot

change the PROMPT_FOR_CONFIRM parameter to yes.

For information about script files, see Section 3.2, “NCF vs. Shell

Script Files,” on page 49.

policytool

ping

yast

For more information, see the

policytool

For more information, see the man page.

Point-to-Point interfaces are configured in YaST > Network Devices.

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

man page.

yast -h

ping

and

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

PPPTRACE

PROTECT

PROTECTION

PROTOCOL

PROTOCOL REGISTER

PSERVER

PURGEVOLUME

Debug PPP data link problems.

Load NLM programs into a protected address space.

List the protected address spaces, or add/remove/ restart functionality from an existing address space.

View the protocols registered.

Monitor and manage printers and print queues (legacy).

Purge all deleted files from an NSS volume.

Linux Command Counterpart

— This is a NetWare utility that is not

— Protected address space is a

— This is for managing legacy

ncpcon purge

volume

nss_volume _name

Alternatives and Notes

ported to Linux.

NetWare concept.

For more information, see the ip man page.

NetWare printing.

iPrint is the OES printing solution.

This functionality is available through the ncpcon utility for NSS volumes that have had the Salvage attribute enabled prevoiusly.

PVER

RAID STATUS

View the version of OESNetWare installed on the server.

View the status of the software RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 5 devices.

cat /etc/

novellrelease

—

The ncpcon utility is installed with the Novell Storage ServicesTM RPMs and is documented in “NCP

Server Console (NCPCON) Utility ”

in the OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for

Linux Administration Guide.

Salvage and Purge are NSS file system features.

You can also use

SuSE-release

version and patch level of the server.

You can also use the

SPident

to view the patch status of OES and SLES, respectively.

For more information, see the respective man pages.

The nssmu utility is used to manage software RAIDs for NSS volumes and is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs. It is documented in “NSS Management

Utility (NSSMU) Quick Reference”

in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File System

Administration Guide.

and

cat /etc/

to display the

oes-

SPident

commands

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

RCONAG6

RCONPRXY

RCONSOLEJ

Allow remote console access to the server.

Allow RConsoleJ to access target servers.

Remotely control a NetWare server.

Linux Command Counterpart

— Novell Remote Manager has a

Alternatives and Notes

secure console.

You can also use SSH (or VNC for GUI access).

Telnet is not secure and therefore not recommended.

secure console.

You can also use SSH (or VNC for GUI access).

Telnet is not secure and therefore not recommended.

secure console.

You can also use SSH (or VNC for GUI access).

Telnet is not secure and therefore not recommended.

REBUILD

RECORD

Recover corrupted Novell Storage Services (NSS) pools.

Record command sequences that you enter at the console over and over.

ravsui

ravview

fsck

— Similar functionality is available

The ravsui and ravview utilities are installed as part of Novell Storage Services NSS.

Use ravsui to rebuild or verify an NSS pool on Linux that is in a maintenance state.

Use ravview to dump specified NSS rebuild or verify files to a humanreadable file format.

For help with ravsui and ravview,

-h

use the information about fsck, see the

fsck

through shell scripting, a topic that is beyond the scope of this guide but is treated extensively in industry publications.

Also, bash includes a History Expansion capability that some find useful. For more information, see the “History Expansion” section of the

option. For more

man page.

bash

man page.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

REINITIALIZE SYSTEM

REM

REMIRROR PARTITION

Configure the operating system to recognize installed memory above the amount of memory that is automatically registered.

Enable configuration changes made since the commands in the

netinfo.cfg

executed.

Specify a line as a comment (used in NCF files).

Start the remirroring of a logical NSS partition.

file were

Linux Command Counterpart

— This is NetWare functionality that

rcnetwork

restart

— This functionality is available

Alternatives and Notes

doesn’t apply to Linux.

For help, enter the command prompt.

Comments preceded by a pound sign (#) are not displayed as the script runs, but those preceded by an exclamation mark (!) are echoed.

For information about script files, see Section 3.2, “NCF vs. Shell

Script Files,” on page 49.

through the nsscon utility on OESLinux.

rcnetwork

-h at

REMOVE NETWORK ADAPTER

REMOVE NETWORK INTERFACE

REMOVE STORAGE ADAPTER

REMOVEMODULE

Unload one LAN driver when the LAN driver has been loaded multiple times to support multiple boards.

Unload one frame type when there are multiple frame types loaded with one LAN driver.

Remove one instance of a storage driver.

Remove modules that are preloaded by the

startup.ncf

modules that were loaded using the load -s command.

file or

The nsscon utility is installed with the Novell Storage Services RPMs and is documented in “NSS

Console” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS

File System Administration Guide.

— On Linux it is common for drivers to

support multiple instances of hardware. Loading is done only once and removal should not be necessary.

— Although

chkconfig

For more information, see the ip man page.

rmmod module_name

does unload a kernel module, this is not recommended.

On Linux it is common for drivers to support multiple instances of hardware. Loading is done only once and removal should not be necessary.

For more information, see the

chkconfig

man page.

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

REPLACE

REPLAY

RESET ENVIRONMENT

RESET NETWORK ADAPTER

RESET NETWORK INTERFACE

RESET ROUTER

Unload and reload a specific module in one step.

Execute a list of commands that were recorded in and saved in a session using the RECORD command.

Reset server parameters that have been modified to their default values.

Reset a network adapter manually.

Restart a logical board that has been shut down using

SHUTDOWN NETWORK

the

INTERFACE

Reset the router table in the server if the table becomes inaccurate or corrupted.

command.

Linux Command Counterpart

— Performing an equivalent action on

— This is related to the comment for

— This is NetWare functionality that is

ifdown

ifup

ifdown

ifup

rcnetwork

restart

yast

Alternatives and Notes

Linux can prevent the system from running. Not recommended.

the RECORD utility. Using your chosen shell script methods, run the script you have created.

available for selected services in YaST but not at the command prompt.

For more information, see the respective man pages.

For help with

rcnetwork -h

prompt.

For help with YaST, enter at the command prompt.

rcnetwork

at the command

, enter

yast -h

RESET SERVER

RESTART SERVER

RIGHTS

RMIC

RMID

RMIREGISTRY

Bring down the server and then restart it immediately.

View or modify user or group rights for files, directories, and volumes.

Generate stub and skeleton class files (JRMP protocol) and stub and tie class files (IIOP protocol) for Java.

Start the activation system daemon for Java.

Create and start a remote object registry on the specified port on the current host.

init 6

shutdown -r

now

init 6

shutdown -r

now

rights

rmic

rmid

rmiregistry

For more information, see the respective man pages.

The

rights

on NSS file systems.

For more information, see the man page.

For more information, see the

rmiregistry

command works only

man page.

rmic

rmid

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NetWare Command Purpose or Subcommand

ROUTE

ROUTECON

SCAN ALL

SCAN FOR NEW DEVICES

Pass frames (packets) from NetWare through IBM*-compatible source route bridges.

Manipulate the routing tables manually.

Scan all LUNs of all SCSI adapters in the server or all LUNs associated with a designated SCSI adapter.

Scan on LUN0 of SCSI adapters and to register new devices with the Media Manager so that they are available to the operating system.

Linux Command Counterpart

route

iscsi*

rescan-scsi-

bus.sh

Alternatives and Notes

For more information, see the

route

man page.

For more information, see the

route

man page.

ISCSI support is not installed by default.

After installing, type and press the Tab key to view the related commands.

ISCSI support is not installed by default.

After installing, type and press the Tab key to view the related commands.

Other Tips

Table 3 -1 discusses problems that are common when NetWare® administrators first begin working

with Linux systems:

3.1 Common Problems and Solutions

Table 3-1 Common Problems and Solutions

Topic Problem Solution

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Shell Scripts Scripts won’t run after changes are

made on a Windows machine.

Because DOS uses different ASCII characters to indicate a line ending (CR,LF) than Linux/UNIX (LF only), shell script files that were created or modified on a Windows system do not run on Linux until they are converted to UNIX format.

The quickest solution is usually to enter the following command at a command prompt:

dos2unix filename

where filename is the name of the text file needing to be converted.

Also, many text editors have an option to save files in UNIX format.

3.2 NCF vs. Shell Script Files

NCF files provide scripting on NetWare only and are not used with OES-Linux.

Shell scripts provide equivalent functionality on Linux, and most Linux administrators use them extensively. To learn about shell scripting, we recommend that you search for resources on the Web and consider investing in one or more of the excellent industry publications that address the subject.

3.3 Encryption for Linux Traditional File Systems

If you are interested in encrypting Linux traditional partitions and files, see “Encrypting Partitions

and Files (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/sles_admin/data/ cha_cryptofs.html#cha_cryptofs)” in the SLES 10 SP3 Installation and Administration Guide (http:/

/www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/sles_admin/data/ book_sle_reference.html#book_sle_reference).

Other Tips

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Novell Open Enterprise Server Linux Tips

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

OES2 SP2: Linux Tips for NetWare Administrators

About This Guide

What's New

NetWare/Linux Command Map

Other Tips

3.1 Common Problems and Solutions

3.2 NCF vs. Shell Script Files

3.3 Encryption for Linux Traditional File Systems