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Menu Program
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Hi Comtec17,
FYI, my server is RedHat 7.1. Will this system work in my system too?
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I will logon from my windows workstation to this Linux server. At the time I login my username and password, I want this menu program to be launched. This is how it works in Netware.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Arulthas.
FYI, my server is RedHat 7.1. Will this system work in my system too?
More details:-
I will logon from my windows workstation to this Linux server. At the time I login my username and password, I want this menu program to be launched. This is how it works in Netware.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Arulthas.
I don't know what type of menu you're talking about but there is a gui based program that will let you remotely admin your server. You can check it out at
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Hi all,
Appreciate all your favor. But most of you not understand my exact question. I need a menu program which can work exactly as NMENU program in Novell Netware. All my workstation is windows so I make the Linux act as a file server using the samba service.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Arulthas.
Appreciate all your favor. But most of you not understand my exact question. I need a menu program which can work exactly as NMENU program in Novell Netware. All my workstation is windows so I make the Linux act as a file server using the samba service.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Arulthas.
I think it kinda depends on what those batch files run from NMENU actually do.
I'm guessing they perform various housekeeping tasks, prolly on the Netware volumes, which won't map to Linux filesystems.
Taking a look at those batch files, working out what they do and replicating them as shell scripts would be a priority, *then* worry about putting them in a nice pretty menu.
I'm guessing they perform various housekeeping tasks, prolly on the Netware volumes, which won't map to Linux filesystems.
Taking a look at those batch files, working out what they do and replicating them as shell scripts would be a priority, *then* worry about putting them in a nice pretty menu.
NMenu is an old NetWare utility to create application menus for users. It does incorporate such things as the user ID and group memberships to determine which menus to display.
However, it is ultimately a DOS menu utility, not unlike Direct Access. I would suggest not bothering with NMenu in a Linux-server environment because all the elements which make it very useful to NetWare admins won't be available in Linux. Plus, I don't think that there's any way to get Linux to run NetWare-style login scripts, which is how NMenu is usually loaded.
You'll definitely need to take a workstation-oriented approach to this. ady2k's suggestion is good, regardless of the menu system used.
However, it is ultimately a DOS menu utility, not unlike Direct Access. I would suggest not bothering with NMenu in a Linux-server environment because all the elements which make it very useful to NetWare admins won't be available in Linux. Plus, I don't think that there's any way to get Linux to run NetWare-style login scripts, which is how NMenu is usually loaded.
You'll definitely need to take a workstation-oriented approach to this. ady2k's suggestion is good, regardless of the menu system used.
rzs0502
IS-IT--Management
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Are you going to use MARS to make Linux emulate Novell or will you be using SAMBA to emulate Windows?
If you will be configuring it as a Novell server, you can possibly use you existing nmenu.dat file to launch nmenu.
(Depending on the version of the Netware client)
Someone with more Novell knowledge could provide more info.
If you configure it as a Novell server, you can launch applications using the login script (as with Novell).
You can replace nmenu with a simple DOS Batch file or perhaps a little Delphi(or similar) application that has the options currently on your nmenu.
If you will be configuring it as a Novell server, you can possibly use you existing nmenu.dat file to launch nmenu.
(Depending on the version of the Netware client)
Someone with more Novell knowledge could provide more info.
If you configure it as a Novell server, you can launch applications using the login script (as with Novell).
You can replace nmenu with a simple DOS Batch file or perhaps a little Delphi(or similar) application that has the options currently on your nmenu.
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