By matt

In order to adequately catalog my numerous day-to-day frustrations with the shitbox network OS that is Novell I’ve decided to create a new category. I suppose since it’s self-titled it likely qualifies for some sort of ubiquitous launch party with all sorts of fancy celebrity guests, but we’re simply above those folks here at ITFMMB (TM).

While Novell doesn’t write the world’s worst software they are pretty damn close. For those of you that don’t know I’m a sys admin by trade and part of my job is to administer the companies Novell servers. This includes builds, maintenance, and other misk. Do I have any real Novell training? No. Am I qualified for this position? Likely not. Does that really matter? Probobly not.

That brings me nowhere near my first point, but here it is anyway. I hate the idiot that released a service pack that actually BREAKS core software functionality. What good is a file and print serving operating system WHEN THE FILE BIT DOESN’T WORK?

Yes, you heard me correctly. Apparently OES for Linux SP2 has a wonderful undocumented feature, in that if you install file services at the package selection screen at installation time your eDirectory functionality and iManager functionality go away. Not to worry though since finding that only took hours of wasted time on newgroups.

So what it boils down to is if you actually want to use OES for Linux SP2 you can’t install file services. Quick solution? Use SP1.

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