I've been attempting to get ncpfs support enabled on a RHEL6 install. I am aware that Red Hat does not support this, but it seems like it should be so easy to either build a vanilla kernel, OR rebuilt a RHEL kernel from a source rpm adding in ncpfs. This however is not the case. Each time i attempt to build a srpm that should support ncpfs, ncpfs does not get added, and vanilla kernels, while supporting ncpfs, have this really odd hang at boot time, that last an hour (literally).

Does anyone have any suggestions here?

I've tried building FC12 source rpm kernels, i've tried grabbing the centosplus kernel srpm (as this is supposed to support ncpfs), and it also does not produce the desired result. I've also tried simply enabling the ncpfs module in the rhel6 source rpm, still nothing. Building from vanilla source produces the issue above.


Is there no way to get ncpfs built? This is for a temporary migration from Novell to samba.

Thanks!

you tried building and installing the fedora 12 ( dead version ) on the current rhel6
not good
mostlikely will not work and you will end up with a dead PAID FOR rhel6

you are paying red hat for a subscription and license
have you asked them ?

What ?
???? what


samba is not a os
and novels What? SELS or SELD 10 or 11 or 11.1 or 11.2 ????

for working with "Microsoft active desktop" SUSE is better supported than red hat
microsoft actively works with Novell ( as part of the licensing agreement ) and actively works on mono ( or did )

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I don't really see how questioning the very basis of my need helps, but...

RHEL6 forked from FC12, thus the kernel versions are similar. It seemed irrelevant to mention that i've tried the FC15, and FC14 kernels as well.

Yes, they said they don't support NCP, and that's that. I don't accept that its impossible, just that they, for whatever reason, have decided not to include it in RHEL, and it's thus unsupported. Sort of like MP3 playback, we all know how dangerous that is.

Hey, you're right. Samba's not an OS. RHEL 6 is though, and oddly enough, thats what i'm asking about. I dont really feel like going into why we're migrating from Novell's services over to RHEL/Samba (because i think thats what you're really asking), but we are.


Sure, SUSE supports novell splendidly. But Novell, as a company, is going to the toilet, and SLES/OES are crap. I really don't see where "Microsoft active desktop" comes into play here... "Microsoft actively works with novell" is sort of vague.. Samba is a direct implementation of CIFS, which Windows seems to actively work with just fine...


Thank's for the insightful and helpful reply.

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