Environment
Novell GroupWise 7
Novell GroupWise 6.5
Novell ConsoleOne 1.3.6
Situation
GroupWise system is installed on a Linux server and there is a need
to administer it either from a Linux or Windows workstation.
Resolution
Before being able to use suggested methods, you will need to
check SSH daemon settings on the Linux server that you are going to
access from different host. Find out in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file
and check if the line:
X11Forwarding Yes
is enabled. If you need to change this configuration file, you
will need to restart SSH daemon afterwards.
Probably the best way to administer GroupWise system located
on a Linux server is to use Linux based ConsoleOne.
1. Starting ConsoleOne from any Linux desktop on the Linux
server:
ssh +X @
Once you get connected to a remote host, you can start a
ConsoleOne executable from that server (/usr/ConsoleOne/bin
directory) and you get a screen on your Linux workstation.
2. Starting ConsoleOne from Windows workstation on a Linux
server
You will need to get X server installed on a Windows
workstation. There is a little application called Xming available
at:
What you need is to run a setup and start Xserver - shows as a
little application in a system tray.
After that start PuTTY that uses SSH. If you do not have it,
you can download it, for instance, from:
Start PuTTY and specify a host name. Before opening a session,
configure Connection | SSH | X11. Here enable X11 forwarding
and then open a session. After successful authentication you are
now able to run any graphical application with a GUI displayed on
your Windows from the Linux server. This includes ConsoleOne, start
GroupWise agents with GUI, YAST ...
Moreover, it is secure connection and you do not need to
trouble yourself with any Samba, NFS or other file share
configuration to get access it from a Windows workstation.