[seul-edu] Integrating with Novell

[Jacques Fortier <jfortier@seul.org>]

Hi,
	We're replacing our Computer Science lab at my school, and I've
managed to convince the powers that be to install Linux on the new
systems.  However, certain restrictions mean that we have to keep Windows
as the primary OS, and we have to integrate with the rest of the school,
which runs a combination of Windows and Novell software.  In particular,
logins to the network are done through some sort of Novell software.
	What we're planning on doing is installing all with machines with
a dual-boot Windows/Linux configuration.  Wha t we need however, is a way
of integrating our logins to Novell.  Is it somehow possible to make it so
that the user/password list is synchronized with Novell's?  Also, is it
possible to have the user's home directory on the Novell server mounted
as his home directory under Linux?
	If this isn't possible, are there alternatives?  One system I was
thinking of would be one where everyone would use the same Linux login,
but wouldn't be able to do anything until they were logged into the Novell
server and the default home directory was somehow replaced with the user's
Novell home directory.
	Thanks,
		Jacques Fortier