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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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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
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included with OES. To contact us, use the User Comments feature at the bottom of any page in the
online documentation.
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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
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About This Guide 7
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1
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.
TM
(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:/
to
NetWare/Linux Command Map
11
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).
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
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
or
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
ip
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
TM
(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 …
ps
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
to
NetWare/Linux Command Map 15
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