Novell Client 2/Win 7 ADM files

Does anyone have a custom GPO ADM created for Novell Client 2?
Shaun, I heard you might have created it?

Originally Posted by Michael_Fleming
Does anyone have a custom GPO ADM created for Novell Client 2?
Shaun, I heard you might have created it?
Two recent/new resources are available for the Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows:
Cool Solutions AppNote: Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows: Registry Settings
Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows: Registry Settings | Novell User Communities
Cool Solutions Tool: Group Policy Administrative Template for Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows
Group Policy Administrative Template for Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows | Novell User Communities

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Experience about life without Novell Client?

Hi,
got anyone a wider experience about OES Infrastructure without Novell
Client and W7 Workstations?
We didn't need absolut highest performance but an absolut stable and
reliable Environment (24h Healthcare).
- Is Performance with CIFS Access to OES NSS Cluster Ressources comparable?
- Is availability comparable (in special Cluster migrations, Filelocking
on Files)
Today we run ~250 XP Workstations on OES2
Cluster/Filesharing/iprint/Zen7 and Groupwise.
Now we are going to ZCM11 and W7/64bit and think about avoid to use the
Novell Client for Windows to reduce complexity and switch on Client Side
to AD-Domain and use OES Infrastructur only for the "Backend".
Most Novell Services (Groupwise/iPrint) are going to auth to AD too, so
why should we use Novell Client and the NCP Protocol anymore?
Is the NCP Protocoll so much better against CIFS in current OES
Implementations (i'm no Expert in this Things).
Regards
Thomas

On 25.04.2012 06:16, kvishwanath wrote:
>
> Welcome to Novell CIFS !!
>
> To begin with - "OES Infrastructure without Novell Client on Win 7 is
> possible by Novell CIFS"
>
> To answer your specific questions,
> - Yes, CIFS has Comparable performance improvement w.r.t. Novell Client
> in recently released versions like OES2SP3,OES11FP0& Upcoming OES11
> SP1.
> - CIFS service is a cluster enabled, It works seamlessly on cluster
> migration, supports cross protocol lock feature across protocols (CIFS,
> NCP, AFP).
>
>
> In addition, CIFS supports Distributed File Services(DFS), Dynamic
> Storage Technology (DST), backup an many more features. Please refer
> Novell Documentation for more details.
I know this, but in real life there are always pitfalls...
>
> Specific to your infrastructure question of ~250 XP workstations, we
> have scaled CIFS service up to 4000 connections on single server 3 node
> cluster setup. Howe ever we are interested to know more details on your
> setup and infrastructure details further on this.
>
What would you like to know?
Most infos are on my first post.
We get more and more Windows Applikations who need a Windows Server as
Plattform for Services, Shares and Authentication.
In the past we create lokal "system" Accounts on these Applikation
Servers and map there Shares with help of the Loginskripts.
like map use R: \\app-server\files password /user:<systemaccount>
But now we are low on Drive Letters...
So now we think about to bring the Applikation Server and Windows
Workstation into AD-Domain for using same User Accounts/Passworddatabase
and use the UNC Syntax for this kind of Applikations.
Or we use some Applikations/Infrastruktur who use "transparent" Login
with AD Authentication (sp. Citrix) or use this as Authentication Point.
And that's our thoughts about CIFS and Novell Infrastractur in General.
Regards
Thomas

Novell Client patch kills authentication to middle tier

Hi,
There was a recent patch for the novell client which replaces the file nicm.sys due to a security vulnerability. When I install this patch onto servers which have the Zenworks Middle Tier software installed it prevents the client machines from authenticating to edirectory via the middle tier servers.
Once I put the old vulnerable nicm.sys file back then the authentication begins working again.
I've had dig around to see if any one else is experiencing this problem but I haven't found anything.
Any suggestions on how I might fix this. I would ideally like to resolve this as I don't like my servers being vulnerable.
Thanks in advanced
Liz

You can install a server that only has Middle-Tier.
The rest of the stuff requires the client IIRC.
If you have upgrade protection, you may be able to test with a ZDM7 SP1 IR3
version of the middle-tier.
The problem is that Novell is no longer patching/testing against ZDM6.5, so
even if there was a code issue, its not likely you could get a fix.
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"enegro" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> There was a recent patch for the novell client which replaces the file
> nicm.sys due to a security vulnerability. When I install this patch
> onto servers which have the Zenworks Middle Tier software installed it
> prevents the client machines from authenticating to edirectory via the
> middle tier servers.
>
> Once I put the old vulnerable nicm.sys file back then the
> authentication begins working again.
>
> I've had dig around to see if any one else is experiencing this problem
> but I haven't found anything.
>
> Any suggestions on how I might fix this. I would ideally like to
> resolve this as I don't like my servers being vulnerable.
>
> Thanks in advanced
>
> Liz
>
>
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Import Novell Client ADM to Zen 10

What is the secret to creating a Policy in Zenworks 10 that controls the Novell client? I do not see any place that I can import an ADM file and then create a policy using it.
Another question is will the client ADM file 4.9 work for the Vista 64 Novell client? If not, is or will there be one soon for Vista?
Thanks

There is demand...I hope at least. We are in the process of rolling our Vista 64 Business because of an CAD application, Revit, that just needs the extra resources. We held off as long as we could but were forced to move on. We have the Novell client loaded and all works fine, but we would just like to turn off some of the Novell options the client installs. We also had to upgrade to Zen 10 for the Vista support. If you do an update to the adm file, please let me know!
thanks.
Originally Posted by spond
Txrjohnson,
What Andrew said :)
> Another question is will the client ADM file 4.9 work for the Vista 64
> Novell client? If not, is or will there be one soon for Vista?
>
You could ask the author... oh wait, that's me - I hadn't planned to,
but I could try to find time if there was demand...
Shaun Pond

Invalid File Handle Windows 7 with Novell Client 2 SP1

Hello!
I have a user on Windows who gets "invalid file handle" when saving files in
WordPerfect and possibly Adobe as well. He thinks it mostly occurs when he
has multiple files open and has saved one open file to a different
directory. Then if he goes to save another file in it's same directory, he
gets the error. I hope this makes sense. Would anyone have any idea if it
does make sense?
Thanks!

Maybe that was once the intention by novell, but I assure you that you
will have no trouble finding a lot of people/exemples that proves the
opposite...
Yeah, you can set the server-side settings which do have an impact,
on win7 stations = blue screen if ON. But to say that it overrules the
client setting....No way....
We have had every single server EVER setup with Netware with
filecaching OFF and OpLocks2 off and changing the client side setting
DO make a direct difference, mostly bad but in the case of Win7, file
caching on seems to be a requirement since Win7 can't handle any open
files in a good way withouth it. It simply states "file not found" if
file caching = off. If file caching = on, then the client will receive
the message that the file is busy and can be opened in read-only.
And, again, have file caching = on AND changing the server also to ON
is NOT a good idea, at least not for us, since we got blue screens all
over within a couple of min's when testing that setting and those
disapperad just a fast when setting it to off again on the server.
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:04:55 GMT, PetervdM
<[email protected]> wrote:
>maybe not necessary.
>the client side setting of the file caching setting is overruled by the
>server side setting: if the server setting is set to OFF, the client
>will NOT cache files residing on THAT server.
>the same holds for the file commit setting. if it is set to OFF on the
>server, the setting on the client side will be irrelevant, it has to be
>ON on both sides to work.
>so i've set all servers file caching off, and file commit on, and all W7
>clients file caching on, and file commit on.
>
>no pain here!
>
>please read anders' post dated sep 24th, 2007 for the official statement
>from Novell:
>http://forums.novell.com/novell-prod...le-commit.html
>
>
>> You've come to the same conclusion as we have;
>>
>> Historicaly; File caching OFF was a MUST.
>>
>> With Windows 7, we find that more or less HAVE TO use file caching,
>> despite it's problems.
>>
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions?

Trying to Deploy Novel Client 2 ADM

I am trying to use the Novell Client 2 ADM to limit what my users can do via the Novell Client (we are a public school district.) Specifically, I am trying to disable the Novell Utilities, the Browse To, and the Properties dialogs. When I used the ADM in my Group Policy, and applied it to my users, nothing changed. I then tried to create a bundle to push out the registry edits that would make the changes, I was able to see that the changes took effect, but they took effect on all users who logged in to the computer instead of just to the specific users I wanted.
I know that this is probably an easy fix, but I have been struggling over this for 2 weeks now, and I am no closer to a solution than I was before.
Thank you for any assistance you can provide me.

Billupp,
> I was able to see
> that the changes took effect, but they took effect on all users who
> logged in to the computer instead of just to the specific users I
> wanted.
They are global yes, so you must run the edit for every user that logs
in, always.
Anders Gustafsson (NKP)
The Aaland Islands (N60 E20)
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Novell Client for Linux causes Excel/Crossover to lock on file open

When using Microsoft Office with Crossover, if I access a mounted NetWare
drive using Novell Client for Linux it causes the office Open dialog to lock.
The same action with an NCPFS mount works ok.
Of course I understand if having Office/Crossover working is not exactly a
priority but my company will need it if we are to migrate to NLD

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Windows 2008 R2 - Unable to add additional adm files + error: Objects.reference

I am running a Windows 2008 R2 Terminal server with Zenworks 10 on it. I am
trying to create a windows policy group for it, but when I go to add the MS
office adm files, they never add. If I run gpedit.msc locally, I am able to
add them. Also when I am done editing the policy before the upload I get
the following error:
Objects.reference not set to an instance of an object. at
novell.Zenworks.PolicyHandlers.WindowsGroupPolicyP lural.GPHelper.ExportGPSettings()
I have everything patched, any help would be appreciated.

I don't want to go into the "Why's" too much, but these intermittent
issues were seen prior to ZCM 10.3.0
The decision was made to Remove Support for the 64-bit Platform for
modifying GPOs. This was added to the documentation and the ZCC was
supposed to block you. For some reason, the ZCC does not block you but
starting in ZCM 11 it does. So technically there is a bug that it does
not block you.
There are also on-going plans to correct the 64-bit Platform support but
I do not know when that will happen. At this point, I don't think
adding the support back in is planned in any of the minor point updates.
There should not be any reason why editing the GPO on a 32-Bit machine
would not work on a 32-bit machine.
Oddly, it seems to work most of the time from 64-bit Operating Systems.
I have never had an issue with 64-bit Operating systems until I tried it
with ZCM 11 and I was blocked.
This led me to research the issue where I discovered the details above.
Since many ZCM 10.3.x customers may have never had an issue and will not
realize it was not supported until they get to ZCM 11, more calls may
get generated to increase the priority of the issue but at this time I
would not expect a quick addition of 64-bit OS support for editing policies.
On 1/12/2011 3:42 PM, Steve wrote:
> I have tried with IE 32 bit and firefox and it still happens. If I was to
> create a windows group policy for a 32 bit version, do you think I would be
> able to assign it to the 64 bit version? Why don't they support 64 group
> policies?
>
> I appreciate the help.
>
>
>
> "craig wilson"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected].. .
>> I presume the server is running a 64-bit Version of Windows?
>> Make sure you are running a 32-bit Browser and try FireFox if using I.E.
>>
>> Officially modifying GPOs on a 64-bit OS is not supported since these
>> errors are sometimes seen. ZCM 11 actually Proactively prevents the
>> editing of the GPOs on a 64-bit OS via the ZCC.
>>
>> If you have a 32-bit version of the OS you could try that as well as
>> trying to create the GPO on a 32bit Client OS.
>>
>> On 1/12/2011 1:35 PM, Steve wrote:
>>> I am running a Windows 2008 R2 Terminal server with Zenworks 10 on it. I
>>> am
>>> trying to create a windows policy group for it, but when I go to add the
>>> MS
>>> office adm files, they never add. If I run gpedit.msc locally, I am able
>>> to
>>> add them. Also when I am done editing the policy before the upload I get
>>> the following error:
>>>
>>> Objects.reference not set to an instance of an object. at
>>>
>>> novell.Zenworks.PolicyHandlers.WindowsGroupPolicyP lural.GPHelper.ExportGPSettings()
>>>
>>> I have everything patched, any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>
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Removing Novell Client from Windows 7

Hello,
We have an issue with programs running slowly on our SUSE Linux server 11.0. We set up a test machine with Windows 7 without Novell Client and the same programs run extremely fast. (They run fast on a Windows 2008 server too with or without the client.) This is great for the new test machine but I have about 20 workstations that need to have the Client removed. If we remove it through control panel (both NICI and Novell Client - whatever version is installed) the programs are still slow. However, if we do a restore to the time before the Novell client was installed, the machine is fast. Because these machines have had the Novell Client installed for months, we cannot go back to an old restore point. Is there some registry file or other file that needs to be removed or changed to make the computer like it was installed without the Novell Client? I really do not want to have to rebuild 20 computers in order to fix this. I have researched the web and forums and cannot find any information about anything else that needs to be changed when the Novell client is removed. FYI - this is the same on our few Windows XP machines with the appropriate last updated Client on them.
Any help would be welcome!
Susan

We have had many issues with the Novell Client / Windows 7. Here is what we have done to get to an acceptable point.
We are running OES 11SP1 fully updated up until July (Getting ready to apply more updates), we are also talking about switching from CIFS to Samba as we have been seeing some weirdness with CIFS and NSS disconnects.
OES11 SP1 - Primary File Server NSS with CIFS
OES11 SP1 - DSFW/DNS Server for Domain Authentication for the CITRIX Servers, this server also runs ZCM 11.2.2 (Also going to update this as we need windows 8 support and the ZCM Agent has some issues at this level; however ZCM has a horrible way to apply updates and is time consuming)
OES11 SP1 Squid Proxy With transparent user authentication using LDAP with SquidTrust. Also has NSS Shares
Other servers exist as well.
We standardized on Novell Client 2 SP3 or Greater. Currently SP3 IR3 is what is in use. But prior to SP3 the client had many issues for us.
Also, We do not use Group policy with ZCM (We tried But it was painful and slow and policies would randomly just quit working / remove themselves) we reverted back to just digging in and finding the registry keys. If a key only existed in the Policy Section we put it there and do a GPUPDATE /force on login.
Server Settings:
Disable OPLOCKS
Workstation Settings:
NW Client Settings
File Commit (Enabled)
File Cache (Disabled) - NW Client Setting
Name Services DNS / SLP Only (Default on the newer Netware Client)
Win7 Machine Settings:
Static DNS Server - Set to the internal servers only. No external server set. The win 7 machines for some reason would use the secondary DNS Server randomly instead of the primary, never really dug in on why but disabling / removing a public DNS Server as the secondary and adding in a second internal.
MS Client For Microsoft Networks Remove, We tried changing the preferred order on the network adapters with no help. I believe the fact that we are running CIFS on the Server side the client is having issues with deciding on how to connect to the NSS Volumes when the client is installed. With the MS Client removed we see a huge improvement In the Novell client.
Libraries Disable - Registry - We redirect Documents Folders and such and these libraries are wanting to index the locations. As the Libraries consist of multiple locations.
Offline Files Disable - Registry
Windows Search Disable Registry (Service)
Zone Mapping - Registry Adds the servers & domain to the Trusted list for the OS (Even though it says Internet Explorer its used by other portions of the OS)
User Access Control Registry
I have others that helped but this is the short list of changes that made major improvements.
When I have a moment I will look back and see if there are other major changes. This is just what I remember.

I have installed the agent 10 or 15 times and one installation hasfailed, no error appeared during the installation but I am havinginconsistent issues with my ethernet card not working here and there. Werebooted and can log into Novell client but th

I have installed the agent 10 or 15 times and one installation has failed, no error appeared during the installation but I am having inconsistent issues with my ethernet card not working here and there. We rebooted and can log into Novell client but the login prompt did not appear for ESM client or the icon was not in the systray. Everything seems to work, besides at times (a couple times today) it terminates his ethernet card/connection. I would re-image his computer but he has several applications and it would take several hours, so I am hoping someone has an idea to fix this issue. So I was trying to figure out why he did not get the prompt to login and why it's not in the systray and it appears to not have completed the install? I checked the add/remove programs, its not listed within their, I also checked the registry and found nothing for endpoint within their, but the files are within c:\program files\novell\zenworks endpoint security.
I have also tried uninstalling it but that fails due to it "not being installed", and it will not reinstall over itself either.
I did notice that stuninstdrv.exe is running in task manager. Any help would be great...
Windows xp sp3
ESM 3.5.154
Thanks,
Andy

If you are searching the registry, check for the "Senforce" string. It should be at HKLM\Software\Senforce
Try running the install program for the ZSC with the following command line:
setup.exe /V"STUNINSTALL=1"
If you've specified an uninstall password, try this one instead:
setup.exe /V"STUNINSTALL=1 STUIP=password"" (please note the double quote at the end)
Let me know if that helped you.
Daniel
>>>
From: Andy_DeWees<[email protected] du>
To:novell.support.zenworks.endpoint-security-management
Date: 2/5/2009 12:52 PM
Subject: I have installed the agent 10 or 15 times and one installation hasfailed, no error appeared during the installation but I am havinginconsistent issues with my ethernet card not working here and there. Werebooted and can log into Novell client but the login prompt did not appearfor ESM client or the icon was not in the systray. Everything seems towork, besides at times (a couple times today) it terminates his ethernetcard/connection. I would re-image his computer but he has severalapplications and
I have installed the agent 10 or 15 times and one installation has failed, no error appeared during the installation but I am having inconsistent issues with my ethernet card not working here and there. We rebooted and can log into Novell client but the login prompt did not appear for ESM client or the icon was not in the systray. Everything seems to work, besides at times (a couple times today) it terminates his ethernet card/connection. I would re-image his computer but he has several applications and it would take several hours, so I am hoping someone has an idea to fix this issue. So I was trying to figure out why he did not get the prompt to login and why it's not in the systray and it appears to not have completed the install? I checked the add/remove programs, its not listed within their, I also checked the registry and found nothing for endpoint within their, but the files are within c:\program files\novell\zenworks endpoint security.
I have also tried uninstalling it but that fails due to it "not being installed", and it will not reinstall over itself either.
I did notice that stuninstdrv.exe is running in task manager. Any help would be great...
Windows xp sp3
ESM 3.5.154
Thanks,
Andy

Fileserver problems (Win/Mac): file path broken

I'm working in a mixed pc/mac environment. Most clients run Windows, some run Mac OS X, but we're all connected to the same Windows file server.
When I sit at a Mac client and place a picture from the Win server into a ID CS3 document, the path to the photo will look like this (in ID's Link panel):
PARTITION:Clientfolder:project_folder:photo.tif
BUT...
When sitting at a Win client, placing the exact same picture from the same source, the path now look like this:
\\SERVER\partition\Clientfolder\project_folder\photo.tif
Note that the "\\SERVER\" part is not in the Mac path.
This is a problem because whenever we open a document on "the other platform", all links are broken and we must manually re-link them.
I've tried mounting the partition using both "smb" and "afp" protocols on the Mac, but still get the same result.
Any clue as to what is going on is greatly appreciated! :)

>...the Links panel uses platform specific filepaths.
I think there must be more to it than that. I do not normally work this way, but I just tried it, and I had no problem with the links using this setup:
Mac - ID CS3 5.0.2 on MacBookPro 10.5.2
Windows - ID CS3 5.0.2 in Parallels on the same MBP running Vista
"Server" - Windows 2000 sp4 (client)
I created a file on the Mac using images residing on the "server" volume which was mounted as SMB. The link information was a Dennis suggests - "\\Server\Share\Directory\file"
I saved the file, and then opened it under Vista, and there was no complain about the links. Looking at the Link Info, they were also as Dennis described - "Share:Directory:file"
I'm not sure what accounts for our different results, but I'm happy to do any testing with my set up...

Windows 7 with MDT - Novell Client / Zen Agent?

Been creating my Windows 7 reference image using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT - pretty cool). I'm wondering if any of you do the same, and if you do, do you include the Novell Client in the image? what about the zenworks agent? If so, what techniques are you using to install.. etc.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by joebrug
Been creating my Windows 7 reference image using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT - pretty cool). I'm wondering if any of you do the same, and if you do, do you include the Novell Client in the image? what about the zenworks agent? If so, what techniques are you using to install.. etc.
Thanks!
You can use this during your sysprep process that way it does not matter if it is installed or not.
zac fsg -d
:: THIS WILL ALLOW A NEW GUID TO BE CREATED IN ZEN AFTER REIMAGING
del "C:\Program Files (x86)\Novell\ZENworks\conf\deviceguid"
del "C:\Program Files (x86)\Novell\ZENworks\conf\devicedata"
del "C:\Program Files (x86)\Novell\ZENworks\conf\*.sav"
del "C:\Program Files (x86)\Novell\ZENworks\conf\Guid.txt"

Web JetAdmin client for Win XP

Team hello
Please, clarify where I can find the previous version HP Web JetAdmin?
I need to install the JetAdmin client on the WIN XP, but in the current version, I can not do that, because it require Net framework 4.5 (this framework not support XP).
Thanks in advance
Alexander

Originally Posted by rbeacom
The Client for Vista (64 bit) works fine on Windows 2008 Server
DId it today (Dec 29, 2008)
Ron Beacom
[email protected]
Well, beside the fact that you are unfortunately perpetuating an off topic dicussion in this forum, let me also allow to contradict you.
The Novell client for Vista does not fully work on Windows 2008. There are functions that don't work properly, especially anything that handles the terminal services functionality. For that reason, Novell is currently beta testing the V2 client which will have full Windows 2008 support.

WWW Location of the Novell Client for XP supporting IP Gateway Services

When connecting Windows XP workstations to the SBS 6.0 server through the
Novell Client 4.9SP1a for Windows XP, there are no services within 4.9
for IP Gateway included. As many of you know, by using BorderManager as
the Firewall/NAT/IP/IPX Gateway to access the Internet, all workstations
accessing the Internet need the IP Gateway service installed with the
client. The Novell Client CD-ROM shipped with the Novell SBS 6.0 media
has clients for Windows NT/2000 (outdated) but none are compatible for
Windows XP (it appears that Novell had not updated their Novell SBS 6.0
media since they started shipping it). In addition, the online
documentation included with the media is outdated (e.g. BorderManager 3.6
docs for BorderManager 3.7 being shipped) and do not mention anything
about configuring Windows XP clients for Novell IP Gateway services.
I have thoroughly looked within Novell's Support site the past few weeks
for:
+ The original Novell Client 4.9 (prior to support packs) to see if that
version of the client has IP Gateway services included (file not found or
listed).
+ Previous Novell Clients for Windows XP to see if those versions support
IP Gateway services. (Support Pack versions only are listed, but no
original versions, and do not contain Novell IP Gateway services).
+ Any instructions or tips for configuring the Novell IP Gateway services
within the Novell Client 4.9 or earlier versions for Windows XP(documents
are non-existent).
All of the above leads the following question:
Can someone please direct me to the location to where the proper
Novell Client for Windows XP supporting Novell IP Gateway services?
Since Windows XP has been around for a few years now, one would think
Novell would have developed a client for it that possesses Novell IP
Gateway services by now to be used with BorderManager. Correct? If so,
where is it? In addition, one would think Novell would include the media
supporting the current software they are shipping, not outdated ones.
(Or at least, ensure their outsourced sales services are doing so.) In
addition, one would also think Novell would at least provide the
necessary tools/files necessary to at least to have the ability to
install their products out of the box - instead of forcing their
consumers to purchase unnecessary additional support services for
something they should have included within their media package or website
at the start.
Nevertheless, I appreciate any input where to find the appropriate Novell
Client for Windows XP supporting Novell IP Gateway services.
Thanks,
EricV

In article <cb60c.5596$[email protected]>, wrote:
> As many of you know, by using BorderManager as
> the Firewall/NAT/IP/IPX Gateway to access the Internet, all workstations
> accessing the Internet need the IP Gateway service installed with the
> client.
>
This is simply not correct. Novell has not been providing IP gateway
functionality within Client32 for a long time, because it is not needed,
and it had serious limitations.
I haven't had a client using IP Gateway for many years now, and I have a
*lot* of BorderManager clients.
The alternative to IP Gateways is a combination of proxies and NAT w/filter
exceptions.
Craig Johnson
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Installing Novell Client fails due to 'untrusted signer'

I am trying to update Novell Client on our Windows 7 workstations, using a Zenworks bundle. This method has worked in the past: copy the installation files to c:\temp\zeninstall\clnt2sp3ir5 (including appropriately modified NovellClientProperties.txt and install.ini) and then just launch "setup.exe /ncpf" as secure system user.
This time I noticed that the new client was only partially installed. When viewing Novell Client properties it shows the new version, however, some files are definitely from the previous client version (for example C:\Windows\System32\lgnwnt32.dll).
I dug up c:\windows\inf\setupapi.dev.log and it seems that installation was aborted due to "unsigned driver package":
Code:
sto: Validating driver package files against catalog 'netnvcli.cat'.
!!! sto: Driver package signer is unknown. Assuming untrusted signer. Error = 0x800F0242
!!! ndv: Driver package failed signature validation. Error = 0xE0000242
sto: {DRIVERSTORE_IMPORT_NOTIFY_VALIDATE exit(0xe0000242)} 12:37:47.960
!!! sto: Driver package failed signature verification. Error = 0xE0000242
!!! sto: Failed to import driver package into Driver Store. Error = 0xE0000242
sto: {Stage Driver Package: exit(0xe0000242)} 12:37:48.225
!!! sto: Failed to stage driver package to Driver Store. Error = 0xE0000242, Time = 6521 ms
sto: {Import Driver Package: exit(0xe0000242)} 12:37:49.973
inf: Opened INF: 'c:\temp\zeninstall\novell_client\c2sp3ir5\netnvcli.inf' ([strings])
! inf: Add to Driver Store unsuccessful
! inf: Error 0xe0000242: The publisher of an Authenticode(tm) signed catalog has not yet been established as trusted.
!!! inf: returning failure to SetupCopyOEMInf
<<< Section end 2014/02/11 12:37:51.439
<<< [Exit status: FAILURE(0xe0000242)]
If I run the installation manually, I am prompted at one point about unsigned driver and whether I want to install it. If I answer "yes", the installation is successful.
Looking at Windows' certificate store on our computers, I see under "Trusted Publishers" a certificate issued to Novell, Inc by "Verisign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA", but that certificate expired on 27.04.2013.
How can I obtain and deploy the certificate that would allow the silent installation of Novell Client 2 SP3 IR5 to proceed? Or am I going about this in an entirely wrong way?

Originally Posted by vatson
I am trying to update Novell Client on our Windows 7 workstations, using a Zenworks bundle. This method has worked in the past: copy the installation files to c:\temp\zeninstall\clnt2sp3ir5 (including appropriately modified NovellClientProperties.txt and install.ini) and then just launch "setup.exe /ncpf" as secure system user.
This time I noticed that the new client was only partially installed. When viewing Novell Client properties it shows the new version, however, some files are definitely from the previous client version (for example C:\Windows\System32\lgnwnt32.dll).
I dug up c:\windows\inf\setupapi.dev.log and it seems that installation was aborted due to "unsigned driver package":
Code:
sto: Validating driver package files against catalog 'netnvcli.cat'.
!!! sto: Driver package signer is unknown. Assuming untrusted signer. Error = 0x800F0242
!!! ndv: Driver package failed signature validation. Error = 0xE0000242
sto: {DRIVERSTORE_IMPORT_NOTIFY_VALIDATE exit(0xe0000242)} 12:37:47.960
!!! sto: Driver package failed signature verification. Error = 0xE0000242
!!! sto: Failed to import driver package into Driver Store. Error = 0xE0000242
sto: {Stage Driver Package: exit(0xe0000242)} 12:37:48.225
!!! sto: Failed to stage driver package to Driver Store. Error = 0xE0000242, Time = 6521 ms
sto: {Import Driver Package: exit(0xe0000242)} 12:37:49.973
inf: Opened INF: 'c:\temp\zeninstall\novell_client\c2sp3ir5\netnvcli.inf' ([strings])
! inf: Add to Driver Store unsuccessful
! inf: Error 0xe0000242: The publisher of an Authenticode(tm) signed catalog has not yet been established as trusted.
!!! inf: returning failure to SetupCopyOEMInf
<<< Section end 2014/02/11 12:37:51.439
<<< [Exit status: FAILURE(0xe0000242)]
If I run the installation manually, I am prompted at one point about unsigned driver and whether I want to install it. If I answer "yes", the installation is successful.
Looking at Windows' certificate store on our computers, I see under "Trusted Publishers" a certificate issued to Novell, Inc by "Verisign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA", but that certificate expired on 27.04.2013.
How can I obtain and deploy the certificate that would allow the silent installation of Novell Client 2 SP3 IR5 to proceed? Or am I going about this in an entirely wrong way?
You need to install the newest client (that have a never certificate) on a device and then export it from that machine, after that you import it on the devices you want to install the client before running setup.exe.
Thomas

Novell Client 2/Win 7 ADM files

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