||<>|| = Introduction = This page shows how to mount a Netware filesystem and create symbolic links to it on the User Desktop. = What is Needed = ncpfs - a set of utilities to use resources from !NetWare servers. ipx (utilities to configure the kernel ipx interface) might also be needed. = Mount Netware Filesystem = Firstly we need to make the folder to mount the filesystem to. {{{ sudo mkdir /mnt/company_fs sudo chown -R : /mnt/company_fs}}} Then we mount the filesystem (run as the Ubuntu user you want to have access, not root): {{{ ncpmount -A -S -U -P /mnt/company_fs}}} To make sure that the filesystem is automatically mounted at startup, we need to add the following line to /etc/rc.local {{{ ncpmount -A -S -U -P -u -g -c /mnt/company_fs}}} = Creating Symbolic Links = Create a symbolic (never a hard) link to the mounted netware filesystem and place it in a folder on the user desktop. {{{ ln -s /mnt/company_fs /home//Desktop/CompanyNetwork/company_fs}}} Now, most Companies have a lot of shared drives in Windows, ex P: S: X: etc., that are normally used for say Apps, Users etc. If required these shares must be made with symbolic links as only one mount to a filesystem can be make at a time. {{{ ln -s /mnt/company_fs/FolderToShare /home//Desktop/CompanyNetwork/ShareDriveName}}} = Netware Password Change = Most Windows Netware Clients needs to change their passwords every x days. So to make it easy to update your passwords in Ubuntu use this script after changing your Windows Netware Password. {{{ #!/bin/bash # windows-passwd-change.sh # Script to change netware mounts and restart cups after a # windows/netware password change ncpumount -a gedit /etc/cups/printers.conf echo echo 'Restarting the CUPS service...' echo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart gedit /etc/rc.d/rc.local echo echo 'Running rc.local script to configure IPX Netware mounts...' echo /etc/rc.d/rc.local }}} Note: The content on this page should be merged with MountingNovellNetworkDrives. ---- NetwarePrintingFromUbuntu CategoryNetworking