Re: Novell Client For Apple Mac

[Simon Flood]

On 17/12/2009 13:16, kravmaga wrote:

> Sorry if i'm posting in the wrong place but there is no option for
> general posting or anything for Apple Mac specific posting so I posted
> here since Mac is based on Unix.
>
> i want to find out if there is a working Client that I can use to
> connect a Mac OS X pc to my NetWare 6.5 OES network. I'm only connecting
> this 1 mac pc so it would be easier to install a client than configuring
> the servers to be viewed as Mac servers.

Firstly there isn't a client.mac forum since there isn't a Novell Client
for Mac!

Given that assuming that you want to connect via NCP rather than AFP (in
which case the Native File Access support forum would be more
appropriate) then all I can suggest is looking at Prosoft's NetWare
Client for Mac OS X which a third-party, chargeable product. See
www.prosofteng.com.

However please note that whilst their product page appears to have
recently been updated (re Snow Leopard) they only list NetWare 5 or 6
under system requirements and not NetWare 6.5.

Also note that when I last asked there were no plans to support OES Linux.

HTH.
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Prosoft also has a list of notes/issues related to their Netware client on
Snow Leopard. See the Netware Client section of this page:
http://www.prosoftengineering.com/products/snow_leopard.php

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> Thanks Simon.
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[Simon Flood]

On 13/01/2010 01:46, pottermedia wrote:

> Here, we have mac clients logging into 6.5 sp8, except that the current
> mac OS version aka snow leopard or 10.6 cannot use the afp protocol.
> IF client uses prior version ie 10.5 it is rather easy if you have the
> Native File access installed on the server. Novell issued a "patch" for
> 10.6 however, it still leaves problems ie cannot log in.

If you want to connect to NetWare 6.5 SP8 via AFP from Mac OS X 10.6
then you either need to update to 10.6.2 and/or install the AFPTCP.NLM
from nw65sp8_mac106_ftf on the server.

If you are still having problems after that then something else is wrong.