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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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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3Specify the tree, context, and server information for the server you want to connect to.
You can type a DNS name or an IP address for the server. See your network administrator for
this information.
If your network has SLP set up, you can browse a list of available trees, contexts, and servers
by clicking their associated buttons.
4(Optional) To clear any existing connections to servers before logging in, select Clear current
connections.
5(Optional) To store your eDirectory password in your desktop’s secure wallet program, select
Save password in secure wallet.
6(Optional) To run login scripts during this login session, click the Script tab, then select the
options needed to run the login scripts.
For more information on login scripts, see Section 1.2.1, “Running Novell Login Scripts during
Login,” on page 11.
7(Optional) To configure integrated login, click the Startup tab, make sure the Run Novell Client
Login at Session Startup is selected (it is selected by default), then click Save profile after
successful login.
You must have the User Name and Password fields and the Tree and Context fields on the
eDirectory tab filled out for this to be saved, and you must save your profile in order for an
integrated login to happen at the next session startup.
8Click OK to log in to the server specified in Step 3.
1.2.1 Running Novell Login Scripts during Login
When you successfully log in to the network, one or more login scripts are executed. Login scripts
can be used to automatically map drives and search drives to directories, display messages, set
environment variables, and execute programs or menus.
You can specify whether login scripts are run, whether the results are displayed, and whether the
login window is automatically closed during login. In addition, if the login script uses the %2, %3,
%4, or %5 variable, you can set these variables by clicking the Variables button.

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Your network administrator should provide information on whether to use login scripts and, if so,
which login scripts to use.
For additional information on setting up login scripts, see the Novell Login Scripts Guide.
1.3 Logging Out of a Network Location (Server
or Tree)
You can log out of a network location in either of the following ways:
To log out of all existing connections, click > Novell Logout > Logout.
If you are logged in to multiple trees and want to log out of a specific server or tree, click >
Novell Connections, select the tree or server that you want to log out of, then click Detach.
1.4 Viewing Your Network Connections
Novell Connections allows you to see what servers and trees you are logged in to. You can refresh
connections, set a specific tree as your primary connection, or log out of a tree or server.
1Click > Novell Connections.
2Do any of the following:
To set a connection as the primary connection: Select the server you want to set as the
primary connection, then click Set Primary.
To refresh a connection: Select the connection that you want to refresh, then click
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To disconnect from a connection: Select the connection you want to detach from, then
click Detach.
3Click Close.
1.5 Changing Your Network Password
To change your eDirectory password:
1Click > Change Password.
2Type your current password in the Old password field.
3Type your new password in the New password field.
4Retype the new password in the Confirm field.
5Click OK.
1.6 Mapping Network Directories
When you map a directory, you create a symbolic link or shortcut to a path on the network and
assign it a name and location on your workstation. After the drive is mapped, you can use the
symbolic link to access the network resource, if you have sufficient rights on that resource. You can
map to a specific folder on the resource or to the root of the resource.
1Click > Novell Map Directory.
2Specify the path on the local file system where the symbolic link to the network resource is to
be created (using forward slashes).
For example: /home/user123
You can also click the Browse button and select the location on the local file system where the
symbolic link is to be created.
If no location is specified, the symbolic link is created in the Map Link Default Location
configured in the System Settings or in your home directory.

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3Type the name of the symbolic link to be created, or select a letter from the drop-down list (if
you want to use a single letter as the name for the link).
4In the Novell File System field, type the server name and the path to the directory you want to
map.
The path can be in any of the following forms:
//server/volume/path
server/volume:
server/volume:/path
.directory_object_name.fully_distiguished_eDirectory_path (such as a cluster volume, for
example: my_dir.usrs.accnt.mycompany)
You can also click the Browse button and locate the directory you want to map.
5(Optional) To reestablish this drive mapping the next time you log in, click Map this drive at
startup.
6Click Map.
The mapped drive appears in your home directory (by default) or in the directory you specified in
Step 2.
1.7 Disconnecting a Mapped Directory
1Click > Disconnect Novell Mapped Directory.
2Select the mapped directory that you want to disconnect from, then click Disconnect.
1.8 Editing Your Login Script
This option lets you edit or create the personal login script that runs when you log in.
Check with your network administrator before creating or changing a login script. Your
administrator can tell you whether you should create a personal login script on your network, and
can provide information on script syntax.
1Click > User Administration for Name_of_Tree > Edit Login Script.

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2Make the changes you want to the login script.
For more information on login scripts, click Login Script Commands to open the Novell Login
Scripts Guide.
3Click OK.
1.9 Configuring the Novell Client
To configure the Novell Client, run the Novell Client Configuration Wizard. It lets you configure
file browser, protocol, login, tray application, and OpenSLP settings.
1Click > System Settings.
2If you are not logged in as root, type the root password, then click OK.
3Select the Client settings you want to configure, then click Start Wizard.
4Follow the instructions in the left panel to configure the Novell Client settings.
5When you are finished, click Finish.
6(Conditional) If you made changes to the Protocol Settings page or the Service Location
Protocol (OpenSLP) Settings page, reboot the machine for those changes to take effect.
For more information, see “Using the Novell Client Configuration Wizard” in the Novell Client for
Linux Administration Guide.
1.10 Viewing Novell Client Version Information
To obtain version information for the Novell Client in the Novell Client tray application, click
About. This window also contains information on the specific packages loaded, including their
status, version, and release information.

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You can also link to the Novell Client for Linux product page (http://www.novell.com/products/
clients/linux/overview.html) from the About dialog box.
1Click > About.
2Click the Packages tab to view information on the Novell Client for Linux packages that are
loaded, including status, version, and release information.
3Click the Kernel tab to view information on the kernel and novfs.
4Click OK.

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Using Novell Utilities
You can access various Novell®utilities by selecting the Novell Utilities option on the Novell
ClientTM tray application menu. The options on the submenu let you do the following:
Assigning Rights to Volumes, Files, and Directories (page 17)
Setting Inherited Rights and Filters (page 18)
Viewing Object Properties (page 20)
Salvaging Deleted Files (page 23)
Purging Deleted Files (page 24)
Sending Messages to Users (page 25)
Sending Messages to the System Console (page 26)
2.1 Assigning Rights to Volumes, Files, and
Directories
The Trustee Rights utility lets you display and give rights to volumes, files, and directories on a
Novell server. A trustee is an object (such as a User object, Group object, Organizational Role
objects, or container object) that has (or will have) rights to a volume, directory, or file. Trustee
assignments allow you to assign ownership, set permissions, and monitor user access. You must
have the Access Control (http://www.novell.com/documentation/nw65/nss_enu/data/
bri5796.html#bs3fjo7) right to change trustee assignments.
1Click > Novell Utilities > Trustee Rights.
2Select the folder or file you want to set trustee rights for, then click OK.

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3To add a trustee, select the object in the tree diagram, click Add, then set the rights for this user
by selecting the boxes under the letters on the right.
For each trustee in the list, there is a set of eight check boxes, one for each right that can be
assigned. If a check box is checked, the trustee has that right. To assign or unassign rights, use
the check boxes in the dialog box.
The following rights can be set for each trustee:
Read: For a directory, grants the right to open files in the directory and read the contents
or run the programs. For a file, grants the right to open and read the file.
Write: For a directory, grants the right to open and change the contents of files in the
directory. For a file, grants the right to open and write to the file.
Erase: Grants the right to delete the directory or file.
Create: For a directory, grants the right to create new files and directories in the directory.
For a file, grants the right to create a file and to salvage a file after it has been deleted.
Modify: Grants the right to change the attributes or name of the directory or file, but does
not grant the right to change its contents (changing the contents requires the Write right).
File Scan: Grants the right to view directory and file names in the file system structure,
including the directory structure from that file to the root directory.
Access Control: Grants the right to add and remove trustees for directories and files and
modify their trustee assignments and Inherited Rights Filters.
Supervisor: Grants all rights to the directory or file and any subordinate items. The
Supervisor right can't be blocked by an Inherited Rights Filter. Users with this right can
grant or deny other users rights to the directory or file.
4To remove a trustee, select one or more trustees in the Trustees list, then click Remove.
5To view a list of rights and filters inherited by this volume, click Inherited Rights and filters.
6To apply the same trustee assignments to a group of selected files, click Combine multiple
Trustees.
This check box is available only if you're viewing the right for multiple files or directories. At
least one of the files or directories must have at least one trustee assignment. The trustees and
rights shown are the combined trustees and rights for all of the files. If you check Combine
multiple Trustees, the trustee assignments that are chosen apply to all of the selected files after
you click OK or Apply.
For example, Kim is a trustee of file_a and file_b. Kim has Read, File Scan, and Access
Control rights for file_a and Read and File Scan rights for file_b. If you select file_a and file_b
and view their properties, Kim is shown as a trustee with Read, File Scan, and Access Control
rights.
If you select Combine multiple Trustees and then click OK, Kim is given the Access Control
right for file_b. Therefore, Kim now has Read, File Scan, and Access Control rights for both
file_a and file_b.
7Click Apply, then click OK when you are finished modifying trustee rights.
2.2 Setting Inherited Rights and Filters
The Inherited Rights and Filters utility lets you view and set information about trustees and rights.
Rights assignments on eDirectoryTM containers can be inheritable or non-inheritable, but all rights
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items so that the rights aren't effective on those items, no matter who the trustee is. One exception is
that the Supervisor right can't be blocked.
1Click > Novell Utilities > Inherited Rights and Filters.
2Select the folder or file you want to view or set inherited rights and filters for, then click OK.
The main part of this dialog box is the list of trustees inherited from the selected item and its
parent folders.
3To assign or unassign rights, use the check boxes to the right of a trustee.
For each trustee in the list, there is a set of eight check boxes, one for each right that can be
inherited. If a check box is selected, the trustee has that right.
The following rights can be set for each trustee:
Read: For a directory, grants the right to open files in the directory and read the contents
or run the programs. For a file, grants the right to open and read the file.
Write: For a directory, grants the right to open and change the contents of files in the
directory. For a file, grants the right to open and write to the file.
Erase: Grants the right to delete the directory or file.
Create: For a directory, grants the right to create new files and directories in the directory.
For a file, grants the right to create a file and to salvage a file after it has been deleted.
Modify: Grants the right to change the attributes or name of the directory or file, but does
not grant the right to change its contents (changing the contents requires the Write right).
File Scan: Grants the right to view directory and file names in the file system structure,
including the directory structure from that file to the root directory.
Access Control: Grants the right to add and remove trustees for directories and files and
modify their trustee assignments and Inherited Rights Filters.
Supervisor: Grants all rights to the directory or file and any subordinate items. The
Supervisor right can't be blocked by an Inherited Rights Filter. Users with this right can
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4To see a list of trustees for subfolders of the currently selected folder, click View Trustees Below
Directory.
A list of all the users and their rights to each subfolder appears. You can modify or remove
rights from this list.
5To view a trustee's current effective rights (taking into account the Inheritance filter), right-
click a trustee name, then click Current Effective Rights.
Users can receive rights in a number of ways, such as explicit trustee assignments, inheritance,
and security equivalence. Rights can also be limited by Inherited Rights Filters and changed or
revoked by lower trustee assignments. The net result of all these actions (the rights a user can
employ) are called effective rights.
6To view a trustee's properties (such as if they have the rights to modify inherited rights at this
level), right-click a trustee name, then click Properties.
7Click Apply, then click OK when you are finished modifying inherited rights and filters.
2.3 Viewing Object Properties
The Object Properties utility lets you view the property pages for a selected object. The property
pages let you see information and statistics about that object. If you have sufficient rights, you can
set attributes for that object.
Section 2.3.1, “Viewing File and Folder Properties,” on page 20
Section 2.3.2, “Viewing Volume Properties,” on page 22
2.3.1 Viewing File and Folder Properties
1Click > Novell Utilities > Object Properties.
2Select the Novell file or folder whose properties you want to see, then click OK.
3On the Folder Information page, you can view the owner of the folder, the name spaces enabled
on the folder, the amount of disk space available to you, the date the folder was created,
updated, and archived, and any attributes set on the folder.