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by **Steve Gran** » Sat, 14 Aug 1999 04:00:00

I am fairly new to Linux and I would eventually like to replace our Novell
file servers with Linux in a small office environment.
Is there a Windows 9x client available for this purpose? Something like
the Novell Client would be wonderful, or is it more complicated than a
simple client to access files on a Linux server from a windows network?
If you know of any freely available, I would like to get the URL so I
could give them a try at home.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Steve

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by **Ken Willia** » Sat, 14 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>I am fairly new to Linux and I would eventually like to replace our Novell
>file servers with Linux in a small office environment.
>Is there a Windows 9x client available for this purpose? Something like
>the Novell Client would be wonderful, or is it more complicated than a
>simple client to access files on a Linux server from a windows network?
>If you know of any freely available, I would like to get the URL so I
>could give them a try at home.

You need to use samba on the server side and Microsoft client for Microsoft
Networks which is included in all Windows 95/98/NT's to allow the
workstations to log in. Your probably using the client for ms networks now to
share files between the workstations.

by **Vilmos Sot** » Sat, 14 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> I am fairly new to Linux and I would eventually like to replace our Novell
> file servers with Linux in a small office environment.
> Is there a Windows 9x client available for this purpose? Something like
> the Novell Client would be wonderful, or is it more complicated than a
> simple client to access files on a Linux server from a windows network?
> If you know of any freely available, I would like to get the URL so I
> could give them a try at home.

Hi,

http://www.samba.org is what you are looking for.

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by **Donald E. Stidwel** » Sat, 14 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> I am fairly new to Linux and I would eventually like to replace our Novell
> file servers with Linux in a small office environment.
> Is there a Windows 9x client available for this purpose? Something like
> the Novell Client would be wonderful, or is it more complicated than a
> simple client to access files on a Linux server from a windows network?
> If you know of any freely available, I would like to get the URL so I
> could give them a try at home.

> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks

> Steve

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There's a little tonkle called MARS-NWE that comes with RedHat/Mandrake that
allows you to use your Linux box as a Netware server as well. Caldera also
sells a NetWare Client/Server that runs on Linux.

Don

by **William B. Cattel** » Sun, 15 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> I am fairly new to Linux and I would eventually like to replace our Novell
> file servers with Linux in a small office environment.
> Is there a Windows 9x client available for this purpose? Something like
> the Novell Client would be wonderful, or is it more complicated than a
> simple client to access files on a Linux server from a windows network?
> If you know of any freely available, I would like to get the URL so I
> could give them a try at home.

> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks

> Steve

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Right off the bat I'd say you'd be spinning your wheels
quite a bit. NetWare is good for basic file and print
sharing. Linux can do it but you'd have a ton of stuff to
do to get there. IMHO a switch like that would have a bad
ROI. If you needed to put a web server online, a database
server, etc. then Linux would definately give you a good
ROI. FWIW.

Bill
(14 yrs w/NetWare, 5 yrs w/Linux)
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by **Carl Fi** » Sun, 15 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Quote:>I am fairly new to Linux and I would eventually like to replace our Novell
>file servers with Linux in a small office environment.
>Is there a Windows 9x client available for this purpose? Something like
>the Novell Client would be wonderful, or is it more complicated than a
>simple client to access files on a Linux server from a windows network?

Two people (as I write this) have suggested Samba, which is a valid
suggestion, but if you're already set up for Netware, it's possible
to have Linux emulate a Netware file server, so you wouldn't even
need to change client software.

I have not done this, but a good starting point would be the IPX
HOWTO, visible at the Linux Documentation Project, which is mirrored
at many places including <http://www.viemeister.com/LDP/>.

You will have to compile a custom Linux kernel for this, in all
likelihood. Luckily that's very easy.
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by **mike murra** » Mon, 16 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> > I am fairly new to Linux and I would eventually like to replace our Novell
> > file servers with Linux in a small office environment.
> > Is there a Windows 9x client available for this purpose? Something like
> > the Novell Client would be wonderful, or is it more complicated than a
> > simple client to access files on a Linux server from a windows network?
> > If you know of any freely available, I would like to get the URL so I
> > could give them a try at home.

> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > Thanks

> > Steve

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> Right off the bat I'd say you'd be spinning your wheels
> quite a bit. NetWare is good for basic file and print
> sharing. Linux can do it but you'd have a ton of stuff to
> do to get there. IMHO a switch like that would have a bad
> ROI. If you needed to put a web server online, a database
> server, etc. then Linux would definately give you a good
> ROI. FWIW.

> Bill
> (14 yrs w/NetWare, 5 yrs w/Linux)
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> may collect dust for want of being oft ridden. Ride thy
> Harley
> with thy brethren, and rejoice in the spirit of the road.
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If you are running a non 2000 compliant Novell version (like I was), then the
investment in
Linux 6.0 Server running Samba is very small indeed compared to upgrading the
Novell.

I switched our Novell 3.12 for Redhat 6.0 server running Samba & was surprised
by the speed
increases..

Works great for our small office. Win 95 Win98 clients using tcp/ip & windows
client & windows
file & print sharing.

Wedo have the ocassional file get corrupted using a dos program. I haven't
figured out
the problem with the file locking thing yet.

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