Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 Linux
Situation
How to enable or disable broadcast message in oes2 linux server
Clients cannot send or recieve messages using SEND.EXE
Resolution
- In Novell Remote Manager for Linux, select Manage NCP Services > Manage Server.
- In the Server Parameter Information list, click the Parameter Value link for the DISABLE_BROADCAST parameter.
- Specify the new value as 0 (default, allows broadcasting) or 1 (disables broadcasting), then click Change.
OR
- In the /etc/opt/novell/ncpserv.conf, change the parameter: "DISABLE_BROADCAST" to 0 (default, allows broadcasting) or 1 (disables broadcasting)
- Either restart ndsd or reboot the server to make this change effective.