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Contents About This Guide 7 1 File Systems Overview 9 1.1 Novell Storage Services File System . 9 1.2 Linux POSIX File Systems . 10 1.3 NCP Volumes for Linux . 10 2 What’s New or Changed in OES File Systems and Storage 11 2.1 What’s New (OES 11 SP1) . 11 2.2 What’s New (OES 11) . 12 3 Coexistence and Migration Issues 15 3.1 Comparison of NSS to Other File Systems . 15 3.2 Compatibility Issues for File System Rights on Linux. .15 3.2.1 Enforcing File System Rights on Linux . 15 3.2.2 Assigning File System Rights on Linux . 17 3.2.3 Key Considerations . 18 3.3 NCP Server Directory and File-System Trustee Rights and Attributes . 18 3.4 Acquiring eDirectory Security Equivalence Vectors for NSS Users . 19 4 Management Tools for Files and Folders Management 21 4.1 Novell iManager and the Files and Folders Plug-In . 21 4.1.1 Files and Folders Plug-In Quick Reference . 21 4.1.2 Accessing Novell iManager . 23 4.1.3 Using the Files and Folders Role in iManager. 24 4.1.4 Using the Tree, Browse or Search View in iManager . 24 4.2 Novell Remote Manager . 25 4.2.1 Prerequisites for Using Novell Remote Manager. 26 4.2.2 Novell Remote Manager for Linux . 26 4.2.3 Accessing Novell Remote Manager. 27 4.2.4 Starting, Stopping, or Restarting Novell Remote Manager on Linux . 27 4.3 Novell NetStorage . 28 4.4 Novell Client . 28 5 Understanding File System Access Control Using Trustees 29 5.1 eDirectory Objects and Security Equivalence . 29 5.2 File-System Trustee Rights . 31 5.2.1 Understanding Trustee Rights . 32 5.2.2 Inherited Rights Masks . 33 5.2.3 Visibility Lists . 33 5.2.4 Supervisor Trustee Rights . .35 5.2.5 Trustee Assignments for a Volume . 35 5.2.6 Default Trustee Rights . 35 5.2.7 Inherited Trustee Rights . 35 5.2.8 Public Trustee Rights. 35 Contents 3 5.2.9 Example of Rights Needed for Typical Access Tasks . 36 5.3 Access Control for NSS on Linux. 36 5.4 Novell Client . 38 5.5 Directory and File Attributes for NSS Volumes . 38 5.6 Viewing Key NSS Directory and File Attributes as Linux POSIX Permissions. 40 5.7 Configuring the [Public] Trustee Access Rights on NSS Volumes for Daemons Running as the Nobody User . 43 5.8 Using QuickFinder with NCP Volumes and NSS Volumes . 45 5.9 Troubleshooting File Attributes Issues . 45 6 Configuring Trustees and File System Attributes 47 6.1 Viewing a Trustee Report for a Directory or File . 47 6.2 Viewing a Trustee Report for All Directories in a Volume . 48 6.3 Viewing Properties of a File or Folder in iManager . .48 6.4 Viewing Properties for a File or Folder with Novell Client . 51 6.5 Using the Files and Folders Plug-In for iManager to Manage Trustees, Trustee Rights, and Inherited Rights . 52 6.5.1 Prerequisites . 53 6.5.2 Viewing, Adding, or Removing File System Trustees . 53 6.5.3 Viewing, Granting, or Revoking File System Trustee Rights . 54 6.5.4 Configuring the Inherited Rights Filter for a File or Directory. 55 6.5.5 Viewing Effective Rights for a Trustee. 56 6.6 Using Novell NetStorage to Manage Trustees, Trustee Rights, and Inherited Rights . 56 6.7 Using the Novell Client to Manage Trustees and Trustee Rights. 57 6.8 Using the Novell Client to Manage Inherited Rights and Filters. 58 6.9 Using the Rights Utility to Set Trustee Rights for the NSS File System. 59 6.9.1 Syntax . 59 6.9.2 Options . 59 6.9.3 Example. 62 6.9.4 See Also . 62 7 Understanding Directory Structures for the NSS File System 63 7.1 Directory Structures . ..