Exploring Some of the Other IPX Tools
The ncpfs
package contains a number of useful
tools that we haven’t described yet. Many of these tools emulate the
tools that are supplied with NetWare. We’ll look at the most useful
ones in this section.
Server List
The slist command lists all of the fileservers accessible to the host. The information is actually retrieved from the nearest IPX router. This command was probably originally intended to allow users to see what fileservers were available to mount. But it has become useful as a network diagnosis tool, allowing network admins to see where SAP information is being propagated:
$ slist NPPWR-31-CD01 23A91330 000000000001 V242X-14-F02 A3062DB0 000000000001 QITG_284ELI05_F4 78A20430 000000000001 QRWMA-04-F16 B2030D6A 000000000001 VWPDE-02-F08 35540430 000000000001 NMCS_33PARK08_F2 248B0530 000000000001 NCCRD-00-CD01 21790430 000000000001 NWGNG-F07 53171D02 000000000001 QCON_7TOMLI04_F7 72760630 000000000001 W639W-F04 D1014D0E 000000000001 QCON_481GYM0G_F1 77690130 000000000001 VITG_SOE-MAIL_F4R 33200C30 000000000001
slist accepts no arguments. The output displays the fileserver name, the IPX network address, and the host address.
Send Messages to NetWare Users
NetWare supports a mechanism to send messages to logged-in users. The nsend command implements this feature in Linux. You must be logged in to the server to send messages, so you need to supply the fileserver name and login details on the command line with the destination user and ...
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