Network World: Linux gets NDS boost | Linux Today

Network World: Linux gets NDS boost

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 13, 1998

Novell officials last week revealed the company is plotting to
port its directory services technology to Linux, giving the
suddenly hot Unix variant yet another surge of momentum.

The company is building a version of Novell Directory Services
(NDS) for Linux with Caldera Systems…

NDS running natively on Linux will give administrators the
ability to manage users, groups and access control rights across a
network.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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