[olug] Suse 9.3 Pro download

Jake Churchill jachurchill at cox.net
Tue Jul 12 13:04:15 UTC 2005


I'm pretty sure you can write an apple script to automatically connect
these.  A friend of mind had a similar problem.  He had a linux server
and a Powerbook and was sick of the connect dialog so he wrote an apple
script to make it connect automatically at startup.  I'll contact you
off list with his email.  

FYI:  Command + K opens that connect dialog also

On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 06:13 -0500, Craig Wolf wrote:
> Here is the short version:
>   We have Netware servers currently as well as Mac G5 servers.  To
> connect to them, you goto the task bar, choose go, choose connect to
> server, and type in the name of said server OR the IP address.  With the
> OES Linux server, that did not work.  Most frustrating was that all
> communications with Novell said, "works great, well documented" but
> noone can seem to point me to any.  I am willing to try things and read
> documentation but I cannot find this "well documented" information.
> 
> Craig Wolf
> Linux Web Server Support
> Desktop/Network Specialist
> 402-894-6283
> 
> >>> jachurchill at cox.net 07/11/05 7:06 PM >>>
> Well, I guess I need clarification of what type of connectivity you are
> trying to achieve.  OSX recognizes Windows File Sharing protocols and
> the Windows machines can't tell the difference.  As far as Linux to OSX,
> I've always used the remote login under the preferences.  It allows
> ssh/scp logins.  It also allows FTP protocols and OSX has Apache 1.3
> built in as it's web server.  As far as GUI network browsing, I never do
> it with Linux but there used to be a Lineighborhood that was like
> Network Neighborhood in Windows.  I guess I need to understand better
> what you are trying to achieve.
> 
> On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 08:29 -0500, Craig Wolf wrote:
> > (Can you tell I am frustrated???)  Uhm, clarification.  Just OS X
> > machines.  We have cleared out our OS 9 machines as of this Summer.
> > 
> > Craig Wolf
> > Linux Web Server Support
> > Desktop/Network Specialist
> > 402-894-6283
> > 
> > 
> > >>> CJWolf at mpsomaha.org 7/11/2005 >>>
> > How??  Please enlighten me because I canot seem to make it work.  8(
> > 
> > Craig Wolf
> > Linux Web Server Support
> > Desktop/Network Specialist
> > 402-894-6283
> > 
> > 
> > >>> jachurchill at cox.net 7/10/2005 >>>
> > I'm assuming you're talking about old Apple machines.  OSX connects
> > seamlessly with Windows and Linux.
> > 
> > On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 17:45 -0500, Craig Wolf wrote:
> > > Since you brought it up...I have tried OES on linux and cannot for
> > the
> > > life of me find out how to get Apple connectivity to it.  The Novell
> > > Engineer I spoke said says works great and well documented but NO
> > ONE
> > > can find that documentation...UGH!  We would already be rolling
> > Linux
> > > here at the school district in place of Netware if we could get that
> > to
> > > work...anyone??
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Craig Wolf
> > > Linux Web Server Support
> > > Desktop/Network Specialist
> > > 402-894-6283
> > > 
> > > >>> Cale Lewis <dlazlo at fbx.com> 07/10/05 8:19 AM >>>
> > > I don't have any experience with FC4, only 2 & 3, and I prefer SuSE
> > 9.3.
> > > Of 
> > > course I'm used to SuSE because it's been my mainstay Linux for a
> > while.
> > > If 
> > > you want a look at things other than a general purpose distro, you
> > might
> > > try 
> > > Novell's SLES 9. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but
> > there
> > > are 
> > > lots of places that don't use all the extras and don't waste HDD
> > space 
> > > storing them or bother filling drawers with CD's they'll never use.
> > > There's 
> > > also their new version of Open Enterprise Server which I haven't
> > tried
> > > yet. I 
> > > hope to be able to give it a go soon. 
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Cale Lewis
> > > >How would you guys rate Suse 9.3 to Fedora Core 4, or other
> > distros?
> >  
> > > >I'm thinking of building a Linux FTP and web server to learn how to
> > do 
> > > >it, and would like to play with a secure distro that is easy to
> > setup, 
> > > >configure, and admin.  This is just a home server to toy with while
> > I'm
> > > 
> > > >learning, but I would prefer to start off on solid ground first.
> > > 
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