Did you know that the NCP utilities for Linux are capable of mounting Netware 5 server volumes via IP as well as IPX? Up until this morning, I didn’t. I’ve been jumping through hoops for years, setting things up so that my Linux machines can see the fileserver. As of now, I have a lot fewer hoops to jump through.
For what it’s worth, the trick is to use the “-A xx.xx.xx.xx” option (or the “ipserver=xx.xx.xx.xx” in /etc/fstab if you’re doing it like I am). That tells the ncp code to use UDP instead of IPX. You still have to supply the server name, though.
Nifty. Damned nifty. Removing complexity is a good thing.
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2 responses to “Just say “no” to IPX.”
As Lyse says, I understood each of the words separately, but they don’t make sense when you string them together like that. *giggle*
I have the sudden urge to send you a picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head… ;-D BTW, if you’ve managed to figure that out, can you explain why I still haven’t managed to get the nice optical mouse you got me for my birthday to work? I can’t seem to turn on the other USB port…