SUSE Linux
NDSRC – A Cross-Platform eDirectory/NICI Backup Tool
Updated: Perl-coded script designed to backup eDirectory on Linux or Solaris.
NCS Volume Resource Validation Tool
Checks eDirectory object associations for NCS volume resources on OES Linux.
REMUS: XEN high availability easy!
Comprehensive high availability to ordinary virtual machines running on the Xen virtual machine monitor.
Forcing Printers to Users after iPrint Migration
During the iPrint migration, all of the drivers are migrated, the existing printers are renamed adding _NW to the end of the names, and the new iPrint Printers are created. The users assigned to the old printers are assigned to the new printers as well, but there is a caveat. That only allows the users to install the printers from the web page at http://serveraddress/ipp. It does not force install the printers for the users. Here is how you can work around this.
Troubleshooting pam_ldap Against eDirectory Issues
Geoff Carman explains Pluggable Authentication Modules. Learn how to configure them, and how to troubleshoot them when things go awry.
Timeout a Process
How do you make sure that a process has stopped after you’ve asked it nicely? This is a recipe to give a process a certain amount of time to terminate before it is terminated forcefully.
Novell Support Advisor 0.2 Beta release January 30th
Novell Technical Services is pleased to announce the availability of the Novell Support Advisor (Beta Release).
Automatic network configuration and eDirectory configuration for bootable VMware images
Set up your SLES 10 VMware image to automatically create virtual network adapters at boot time and configure the eDirectory configuration file for newly acquired DHCP addresses during boot.
Enabling UID 0 logins via LDAP or other external authentication source
In some cases, system administrators need to enable UID 0 login for LDAP and other authentication sources. However, SUSE Linux by default prohibits that behavior. With a little tweaking of the PAM stack, you can have UID 0 logins without giving away the local root password!
Allow Open Source MAIA Mailguard to Authenticate Users to a NetWare LDAP Server Using TLS
Modifications to Maia Mailguard anti-spam and anti-virus e-mail gateway to allow user login using LDAP authentication to Novell eDirectory LDAP server.
