This post is mainly for my own benefit.  I mount Windows shares on my SuSE linux box so infrequently, I have to dig through past notes to remind myself what the syntax is.

To mount a Windows share on SLES linux using cifs:

mount -t cifs -o username=jsmith //po5/gwdompri /mnt/po5/gwdompri

• jsmith is the user account to authenticate as
• //po5/gwdompri is the Windows server and share you wish to mount
• /mnt/po5/gwdompri is the location to mount the share, or where you access it on the local Linux box.

•  you will be prompted for the password 
• /mnt/po5/gwdompri must exist

Error seen when attempting to authenticate to eDirectory in ConsoleOne on SLES 10 Linux: 

(Error-634) The target server does not have a copy of what the source
server is requesting. Or, the source server has no objects that match
the request and has no referrals on which to search for the object.

How I was able to make and install the Intel e1000 NIC driver in SLES 10 Linux:

rdesktop is software that allows a Linux client to connect to a Microsoft Windows server via RDP, much like mstsc.exe, which is Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) program.

More precisely, rdesktop.org describes the software as:

rdesktop is an open source client for Windows Terminal Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user’s Windows desktop. Supported servers include Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows NT Server 4.0.

rdesktop currently runs on most UNIX based platforms with the X Window System.

To install rdesktop on SLES 10 SP2: 

• A compiler – I chose to install gcc and gcc-c++ via YaST
• Rdesktop – download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop/

–p password provides a password for authentication on the server. To keep others from seeing the password supplied on the command line, use –p – to read the password from stdin.

–g geometry allows you to specify the desktop geometry. This can be given as a resolution, such as 1024×768 or as a percentage of the entire screen, as in 70%.

–r device enables device redirection, allowing you to redirect a device, such as sound from the remote machine to the local one. This feature requires Windows XP or newer.

Earlier I detailed a method for re-installing eDirectory from a difficult SLES 10 SP2 server.  Sometimes even this method doesn’t work, and you have to resort to using novell-scrub.sh to totally remove eDirectory from the server before it can be reinstalled.

WARNING:  THIS SCRIPT WILL REMOVE EDIRECTORY AND ALL IT’S COMPONENTS (CONSOLEONE, GROUPWISE, ETC) SO USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.  YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF USING THIS SCRIPT IN FULL.

The script will remove all packages and configuration for Novell products. It does NOT deconfigure anything. In the case of eDirectory, you will want to remove the NCP Server object from the tree, once eDirectory has been removed from the UNIX system

TID 2969195 explains how to install and use novell-scrub.sh:

Installation Procedure:

1) Download the tarred compressed file to your UNIX system.

2) Extract the file using the following command:

gzip -dc ./scrub_1_2_12.tgz | tar xvf -

3) Change to the ./scrub_1_2_12 directory where the ./novell-scrub.sh script was extracted.

4) Type ./novell-scrub.sh [options] as the root user.

The script can take the following options:

-s –show
Show which hardcoded Novell packages are installed and not installed on the system.

-d –dyn-show
This is the same as –show but Novell packages are found dynamically.

-i –dibsonly
Removes only DIB files and does not remove packages.

-n –noansi
Disable the use of ANSI colours.

–IAgreeToTheTermsAndConditions
Accepts the agreement and does not prompt for “I Agree”.

-h –help
Displays this command line help.

I’m about to upgrade our Groupwise infrastructure, and I wanted to write a simple script that would backup and archive important Groupwise configuration files.  I’m not proficient at scripting, but here’s what I came up with.  Please recommend additional files to include if I have overlooked anything.

####################################
### Begin gwbkup.sh
### script to backup Groupwise configuration files
### /home/backups/gw7cfg is the directory to backup files to
### backup Groupwise agent configuration files
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/share/* /home/backups/gw7cfg/
cp /etc/opt/novell/groupwise/gwha.conf /home/backups/gw7cfg/
### backup Apache web server configuration files
cp /etc/apache2/httpd.conf /home/backups/gw7cfg/
cp /etc/apache2/conf.d/gw* /home/backups/gw7cfg/
### Backup WebAccess configuration files
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/webaccess/webacc.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/webaccess/commgr.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/commgr.cfg.webacc
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/webaccess/spellchk.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/
### Backup WebPublisher configuration files
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/webpublisher/webpub.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/webpublisher/commgr.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/commgr.cfg.webpub
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/webaccess/ldap.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/
### Backup Tomcat configuration files
cp -r /etc/tomcat5/base/* /home/backups/gw7cfg/
### backup gwia files specific to each gateway
### may have more than one gwia per Groupwise system, so append gateway
### name to end of file
cp /mail/gwiado/wpgate/gwia703/exepath.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/exepath.cfg.gwia703
cp /mail/gwiado/wpgate/gwia703/gwac.db /home/backups/gw7cfg/gwac.db.gwia703
cp /mail/gwiado/wpgate/gwia703/gwauth.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/gwauth.cfg.gwia703
cp /mail/gwiado/wpgate/gwia703/mimetype.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/mimetype.cfg.gwia703
### backup webaccess files specific to each gateway
### may have more than one gwia per Groupwise system, so append gateway
### name to end of file
cp /mail/webdo/wpgate/webac703/comint.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/comint.cfg.webac703
cp /mail/webdo/wpgate/webac703/commgr.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/commgr.cfg.webac703
cp /mail/webdo/wpgate/webac703/gwac.db /home/backups/gw7cfg/gwac.db.webac703
cp /mail/webdo/wpgate/webac703/mimetype.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/mimetype.cfg.webac703

### Backup Groupwise monitor files
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/gwmonitor/gwmonitor.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/gwmonitor.cfg
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/gwmonitor/default/gwmonitor.cfg /home/backups/gw7cfg/gwmonitor.cfg.default
cp /opt/novell/groupwise/gwmonitor/default/gwmonitor.xml /home/backups/gw7cfg/gwmonitor.xml
### tar configuration files and label archive with today's date
tar -pcvzf /home/backups/$(date +%m-%d-%Y).tar.gz /home/backups/gw7cfg/
### Remove old configuration files rm -r /home/backups/gw7cfg/* 
### End gwbkup.sh ####################################

On my Windows machines I frequently use the Windows Key + D shortcut to minimize all open Windows to quickly access the desktop.  I had been meaning to find the equivalent key combination in SuSE Linux Server Enterprise 10’s Gnome desktop, and finally found out how to do it yesterday.

The shortcut key combination to minimize all open Windows and view the desktop is CTRL+ALT+D

To determine the version of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), type the following in a terminal window:

cat /etc/SuSE-release

or

SPident

To determine which kernel version is in use, type the following in a terminal window:

rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz

My error was path not found (8209) \\nw1\vol1\logs\testpo when trying to load a POA on a SLES 10 SP1 Groupwise 7.0.3 server.  I had just migrated the POA named testpo from Netware to SLES manually rather than use the Groupwise Server Migration Utility since I wanted to have a good understanding what had to happen behind the scenes before I tried migrating my live system.

The path to \\nw1\vol1\logs\testpo was the POA log file location on the old Netware Groupwise server.  I knew that I needed to fix that path, but couldn’t find where Groupwise was pulling it from.  Things I tried to resolve the problem included:

• Verified /log path to location reported was not specified in testpo.poa file on the SLES server
• Verified in ConsoleOne that the POA object for testpo did not have the Netware path in question specified in the Groupwise > Log Settings > Log File Path
• Deleted and recreated POA object for testpo
• Deleted testpo.poa file and re-ran Groupwise install from SLES box, specifying post office named testpo and path to testpo database on the SLES server
• Verified path to old Software Distribution Directory on Netware server was not shown in ConsoleOne > Tools > Groupwise System operations > Software Directory Management 
• Verified path to old restore area on Netware server was not shown in ConsoleOne > Tools > Groupwise System operations > Restore Area Management 
• Used gnome-search-toolto search the entire SLES server for files containing the text \\nw1\vol1\logs\testpo
  no files containing that text were found on the SLES server

The Fix ended up being rebuilding the testpo post office.  To do this:

I have a Kingston USB flash drive that does not automatically mount itself on my SLES server on occasion.  TID 7000951 explains how to mount the drive manually:

1) From a terminal, run:

lsmod |grep usb  make sure usb_storage is loaded.  If it is not, run:

modprobe usb-storage

2) Plug the USB device in and run dmesg.  The results will look like:

USB Mass Storage support registered.
scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access CRUCIAL USB Flash Disk 2.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
ready
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 1017856 512-byte hardware sectors (521 MB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 1017856 512-byte hardware sectors (521 MB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdd: sdd1 <– THIS IS THE DEVICE NAME
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

Look for the kernel device name, in this case, /dev/sdd, with a partition on /dev/sdd1

3) Mount volume manually by running:

mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt

Access the USB drive at /mnt

To unmount the USB drive run:

umount /mnt