Mount a Netware share on Ubuntu 10.04 - Lucid Lynx

This guide will show you how to read and write to files on a Novell Netware share on the Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) operating system

I'll be using the following during this guide:

User - tomb
Home Directory - /home/tomb
Machine name - tomb-laptop
Ubuntu Version - 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
Desktop Environment - Gnome 2.30

Please adjust according to your needs / credentials.

First off you will need to install IPX

sudo apt-get install ipx

Then you will need to install ncpfs

sudo apt-get install ncpfs

Once installed type the following in the terminal

sudo modprobe ipx

You then need to bind IPX to your network connection

sudo ipx_interface add -p eth0 802.2

You will need to change eth0 to match the name of your network connection.

You should now be able to mount a Netware share.

I use the following:

ncpmount -S SERVER -U .admin.office -P password /home/tomb/Documents/SERVER

Change SERVER to your server name
Change .admin.office to the user and context you wish to login as
Change password to the password of the user you are logging in as
Change /home/tomb/Documents/SERVER to the mount point you wish to use.