Novell CLIENT FOR LINUX 2.0 User manual

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Novell Client 2.0 for Linux User Guide

ClientTM for Linux

2.0

September 18, 2007

USER GUIDE

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Contents 5

Contents

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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

2 Using Novell Utilities 17

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

2.2 Setting Inherited Rights and Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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

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About This Guide

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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.

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 for Linux

Installation Quick Start.”

For information on administering the Novell Client for Linux, see the Novell Client 2.0 for Linux

Administration Guide.

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

Documentation Conventions

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

within a cross-reference path.

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trademark.

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Using the Novell Client Tray Application

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Using the Novell Client Tray

Application

The Novell®ClientTM for Linux workstation software extends the capabilities of Linux desktops by

providing access to NetWare®and Open Enterprise Server (OES). When installed on workstations,

the Client lets you enjoy the full range of Novell services such as authentication via Novell's

eDirectoryTM, network browsing and service resolution, and secure and reliable file system access.

The Client supports Novell's traditional NCPTM protocol.

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

SUSE®Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit)

openSUSE 10.2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

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

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:

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Figure 1-1 The Novell Client Tray Application Menu

If you want to stop the Novell Client tray application from appearing on the tray, click > Quit.

To restart the Novell Client tray application (or if for some reason the red N icon ( ) does not

appear in your tray), use one of the following methods:

GNOME: Click Computer > More Applications > Novell Tray.

KDE: Click the menu button > Novell Tray.

Enter the following command in a terminal window:

/opt/novell/ncl/bin/ncl_tray

1.2 Logging In to the Network

When you log in to the network, you gain access to directories and files as well as other services

provided by network servers. Your network administrator should provide you with the required

information so that you can log in.

1Use one of the following methods to open the Novell Login dialog box:

Click > Novell Login.

GNOME: Click Computer > More Applications > Novell Login.

KDE: Click the menu button > Novell Login.

2Enter your username and password, then click Advanced.

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