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  <!ENTITY ncpfs-time          "0.52 SBU">
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<sect1 id="ncpfs" xreflabel="NCPFS-&ncpfs-version;">
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  <title>NCPFS-&ncpfs-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ncpfs">
    <primary sortas="a-NCPFS">NCPFS</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to NCPFS</title>

    <para>The <application>NCPFS</application> package
    contains client and administration tools for use with Novell
    networks.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ncpfs-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ncpfs-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &ncpfs-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &ncpfs-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &ncpfs-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &ncpfs-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">NCPFS Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/> and <xref linkend="php"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/ncpfs"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of NCPFS</title>

    <para>Install <application>NCPFS</application> by running
    the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --includedir=/usr/include \
    --mandir=/usr/share/man --datadir=/usr/share &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
make install-dev</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--prefix=""</parameter>:
    Installs binaries on the root partition so that they are available at
    boot time.  This may not be ideal for all systems.  If
    <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is mounted locally,
    <parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter> may be a better option.</para>

    <para><parameter>--includedir=/usr/include</parameter>: Tells
    <command>configure</command> to look in
    <filename class="directory">/usr/include</filename> for header
    files. It also tells <command>make</command> to install
    <application>NCPFS</application>'s headers here.</para>

    <para><parameter>--mandir=/usr/share/man</parameter>: Installs the man
    pages in the correct location.</para>

    <para><parameter>--datadir=/usr/share</parameter>: Correctly installs the
    locale files to <filename class="directory">/usr/share</filename>.</para>

    <note>
      <para>If you do not need to use the IPX protocol, or you use a different
      IPX package, you can optionally pass <option>--disable-ipx</option> and/or
      <option>--disable-ipx-tools</option> to the <command>configure</command>
      script to disable these options.</para>
    </note>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring NCPFS</title>

    <sect3 id="ncpfs-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>~/.nwclient</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="ncpfs ncpfs-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.nwclient">~/.nwclient</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>A config file <filename>~/.nwclient</filename> should be placed in the
      home directory of each user that intends to use
      <application>NCPFS</application>. The permissions on this file should be set
      to 600, for obvious security reasons.  The configuration file should contain
      a single line per server that the user will use.  Each line should contain
      the server name, the user name, and optionally the password.  Below is a
      sample <filename>.nwclient</filename> file.</para>

<screen><literal># Begin example ~/.nwclient config file

Server1/User1 Password
Server2/User1
Server2/Guest1 -

# End example .nwclient config file</literal></screen>

      <para>The syntax for the <filename>.nwclient</filename> file is simple,
      <literal>server_name/user_name password</literal>.  Be extremely
      careful when creating or editing this file as the client utilities are
      very picky about syntax.  There should always be a space immediately
      after the username.  If this space is substituted by a tab or multiple
      spaces, you will not get the expected results when attempting to use
      the <application>NCPFS</application> tools.  If no password is supplied,
      the client utilities will ask for a password when it is needed.  If no
      password is needed, for instance when using a guest account, a single '-'
      should be put in place of a password.</para>

      <para>It should be noted that <command>ncpmount</command>
      is not intended to mount individual volumes because each mount point
      creates a separate client connection to the Novell server.  Mounting
      each individual volume separately would be unwise, as mounting all
      volumes on a server under one mount point uses only one client
      connection.</para>

    </sect3>

    <sect3  id="ncpfs-init">
      <title>Boot Script</title>

      <para>If you need to set up the IPX protocol at boot, you can install the
      <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services/ipx</filename>
      network service script included with the
      <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>

      <indexterm zone="ncpfs ncpfs-init">
        <primary sortas="f-ncpfs">ncpfs (IPX service script)</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen><userinput>make install-service-ipx</userinput></screen>

      <para>Next install the
      <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/ipx</filename>
      configuration file with the following commands:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0 &amp;&amp;
cat &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/ipx &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal>ONBOOT="yes"
SERVICE="ipx"
FRAME="<replaceable>&lt;802.2&gt;</replaceable>"</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Client Utilities</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Server Admin Utilities</segtitle>
      <segtitle>IPX Interface Utilities</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Other Utilities</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>ncpmount, ncpumountt, nprintt, nsendt, nwpasswdt,
        nwsfindt, pqlistt, pqrmt, pqstatt, and slist</seg>
        <seg>ncopyt, nwbocreatet, nwbolst, nwbopropst, nwbormt,
        nwbpaddt, nwbpcreatet, nwbprmt, nwbpsett, nwbpvaluest,
        nwdirt, nwdpvaluest, nwfsctrlt, nwfsinfot, nwfstimet, nwgrantt,
        nwpurget, nwrevoket, nwrightst, nwtrusteet, nwtrustee2t,
        nwuserlistt,  and nwvolinfo</seg>
        <seg>ipx_cmdt, ipx_configuret, ipx_interfacet, ipx_internal_nett,
        and ipx_route</seg>
        <seg>ncpmap and nwauth</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

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