Xref: utzoo comp.unix.sysv386:4723 comp.dcom.lans:7215 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!mucs!logitek!martino From: martino@logitek.co.uk (Martin O'Nions) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: PC Unix and 3Com and Novell networks Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 91 11:13:28 GMT References: <15956@reed.UUCP> <1991Jan30.084047.7524@actrix.gen.nz> Organization: Logitek Plc. Lines: 32 paul@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater) writes: >In article <15956@reed.UUCP> bob@reed.UUCP (Bob Ankeney) writes: >> 2) From Unix, can we access the MSDOS files on the novell network? What >> would be involved? >Portable Netware for UNIX. Several vendors have this now. But only >IF the files sit on the server. I haven't seen any Novell clients >for ANY UNIX. Requests for NetWare clients on Unix seem to meet with polite, but puzzled silences from Novell/OEMs alike. The latest versions of PNW do have the APIs necessary to implement a NetWare client available, but nobody seems to have taken the plunge so far. It should not prove too difficult to build a client through something like NFS's VNODE system, but I can't find anyone who'll commit to it. My recommendation is to keep shouting at the product manager in the OEM supplying PNW for your system - it may not work, but you get a lot of satisfaction out of it...... Martin -- DISCLAIMER: All My Own Work (Unless stated otherwise) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin O'Nions Logitek Group Support martino@logitek.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auntie did you feel no pain / Falling from that willow tree? Could you do it, please again / 'Cos my friend here didn't see. (Harry Graham - Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes)