What's the best way to access Windows/Novell File server from HP-UX ?

[yyghp]

As I know that we can use SAMBA to access Unix files from Windows platform, but what's the best way to access Windows/Novell File server from HP-UX ?
Thanks!

[John Carr_2]

Hi

HP have a s/w package for this called CIFS available free of charge

client

http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8724AA

server

http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8725AA

John.

[Bharat Katkar]

CIFS/Samba is the best.
Regards,

[Joseph Loo]

hi,

my personal opinion is that SAMBA is the best way unless i can find another software which does what SAMBA can do.

just in case u need the download:

HP CIFS Client:
http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8724AA

HP CIFS Server:
http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8725AA

regards.

[Bruno Ganino]

Your software Samba is very well.
Bruno

[Steven E. Protter]

Samba is best.

If its a recent Novell, it probably is easy to allow NFS access, but Samba/CIFS/9000 is superior.

SEP

[KapilRaj]

No idea wbt Windoz but Novell Support NFS

Regds,

Kaps

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi,

In the past I have shared files between Windows and HP-UX environments. This was possible installing in each Win PC a NFS client (in my case was WRQ/Reflection) and activating on the HP-UX side NFS_SERVER and PCNFS_SERVER daemons (set to 1 into /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file)

Once done this, you just needs configurate an HP-UX's exported filesystem for file-sharing proposal and follown a very simple steeps described into the client configuration.

Believe it or not, but that's all. After this you can see and go through exported HP-UX filesystem like a native Win unit, of course, you can configurate user's restrictions.

I suppose that WRQ must provide a similar service for Novell servers. In any case, if you have a WRQ/Reflection TCP Suit do not hesitate to try it between a PC and HP-UX server.

Rgds.

[yyghp]

now, i found that the file server is Novell server (v6), so, can SAMBA be used for file transfer from HP-UX <-> Novell ?
I know HP-UX <-> Windows is ok, but how about Novell ?

Thanks again !

[Robert A. Pierce]

We've had good luck with Sharity. Our 10.20 server can mount Windows shares, e.g. we can connect "\\winnt2\share" to "/shares/share2"

A file bar.csv in the \\winnt2\share directory is accessable on the Unix server as /shares/share2/bar.csv.

There's a demo version available.

http://www.obdev.at/products/sharity/

Sharity Connects You to Windows File Servers
Sharity is a client for the CIFS....
...
Sharity mounts these servers in your file system. Mounting means that you can open files directly from the server with any application you like, as if they were on a local disk.

[yyghp]

thanks Robert, but how about

HP-UX <-> Novell ?

[Thomas Bianco]

microsoft has recently released Services for Unix 3.5 to the general public at no charge.

among the stuff included is a NFS client/server for Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3.

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi again,

I've posted previously an experience with WRQ's NFS client but if you have a similar client from any other provider (i.e: Microsoft), just use it!

Rgds.

[yyghp]

But I am talking about "NOVELL", not microsoft...

Thanks!

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,
Accessing Novell From HP-UX.

I think the best and easiest is to enable NFS on the Netware server. With that method you don'n need any additional programs installed on HP-UX. I don't know which version of Netware you use, in earlier versions you have to install TCP-IP and add NFS name space on the Netware server but in later versions I belive it is default.

[Thomas Bianco]

OHH! you want a NCP client for HPUX, i doubt such a thing exists.

the last novel release to use NCP was 4.0, and that didn't have a unix version. 5.0 is a directory service that runs over windows, linux, unix etc.. and uses whatever the base os supports for file transfers.

you might get away with using the Novel Gateway (part of windows NT), and CIFS on the unix side. i don't think the Novel Gateway was in the 2000 or 2k3 server releases.