[K12OSN] novell authentication

[Burt Carter]

Based on the following passage from:
http://www.cendio.com/files/thinlinc/userguide/html/novellfs.html :
Would it be safe to assume that the reason I cannot mount a user's home
directory from a novell 6 server using NSS volumes is because it is not
supported?  Does anyone have differing information, or has anyone
successfully mounted home directories on an ltsp client from a Novell 6
SP3 server using NSS volumes?
 
Thanks,
Burt Carter
 

12.2.3.  Accessing Novell Netware File Servers using NFS 

The NFS serving capabilities in Novell Netware differ between different
versions of Netware. Here's an attempt to summarize what features exist
on the different variants. 
Table 12.1.  NFS serving capabilities in different Novell Netware
versions 

Netware version
Serving Traditional volumes
Serving NSS volumes

Netware 5.1 with Novell NFS 3.0
Support only over NFS v2. Hard links supported. File locking supported.
File Access modes: NFS mode, Independent mode, Netware mode, Netware-NFS
mode and NFS-Netware mode.
Supported over NFS v2 and v3. Hard links supported. File locking not
supported. Available File Access modes: Independent mode.

Netware 6.0sp2+ with Native File Access for Unix
Supported only over NFS v2. Hard links supported. File locking
supported. File Access modes: Independent mode.
Supported over NFS v2 and v3. File locking not supported. Hard links not
supported. File Access modes: Independent mode.

Netware 6.5 with Native File Access for Unix
Not supported.
Supported over NFS v2 and v3. File locking supported. Hard links not
supported. File Access modes: Netware mode and Independent mode.
If the filesystems exported from the Netware server is to be used as
home directories for Linux users, both file locking and hardlink support
is required for proper operation. Given the table above, home
directories can only be exported and used from a Novell Netware server
if they reside on traditional volumes on a Netware 6.0sp2 (or higher)
server with Netware File Access for Unix installed. 
On the other hand, using Netware mode (if your fileserver runs Netware
6.5 or later) means you don't have to assign uid and gid values to all
home directories from the Linux side, since Netware will do this
translation on the server side. However, since a NFS export from Netware
6.5 doesn't support hard links, the export can't be used as a home
directory without special care. Also, be aware of the fact that trustees
won't work, so a shared directory where several people have read/write
permissions can't be used in a decent way. 
 
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