Open Enterprise Server 2018 File Systems Management Guide
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Open Enterprise Server 2018 File Systems Management Guide November 2017 Legal Notices For information about legal notices, trademarks, disclaimers, warranties, export and other use restrictions, U.S. Government rights, patent policy, and FIPS compliance, see https://www.novell.com/company/legal/. Copyright © 2017 Micro Focus. All Rights Reserved. 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 or Changed in OES File Systems and Storage (OES 2018) . 11 3 Coexistence and Migration Issues 13 3.1 Comparison of NSS to Other File Systems . 13 3.2 Compatibility Issues for Trustee Rights on Linux . 13 3.2.1 Enforcing Trustee Rights on Linux. 13 3.2.2 Assigning Trustee Rights on Linux . 15 3.2.3 Key Considerations . 16 3.3 NCP Server Directory and File-System Trustee Rights and Attributes. 16 3.4 Acquiring eDirectory Security Equivalence Vectors for NSS Users . 17 4 Management Tools for Files and Folders Management 19 4.1 iManager and the Files and Folders Plug-In . 19 4.1.1 Files and Folders Plug-In Quick Reference . 19 4.1.2 Accessing iManager . 21 4.1.3 Using the Files and Folders Role in iManager. 21 4.1.4 Using the Tree, Browse or Search View in iManager . 22 4.2 Novell Remote Manager . 23 4.2.1 Prerequisites for Using Novell Remote Manager. 23 4.2.2 Novell Remote Manager for Linux . 24 4.2.3 Accessing Novell Remote Manager. 25 4.2.4 Starting, Stopping, or Restarting Novell Remote Manager on Linux . 25 4.3 Novell NetStorage . 25 4.4 Novell Client . 26 5 Understanding File System Access Control Using Trustees 27 5.1 Understanding the OES Trustee Model for File System Access . 27 5.1.1 Trustees . 28 5.1.2 File System Trustee Rights . .30 5.1.3 Inherited Trustee Rights. 33 5.1.4 Security Equivalence . 34 5.1.5 Effective Rights . 37 5.1.6 Visibility . 38 5.1.7 Visibility Lists . 39 5.1.8 Security Equivalence Vector . .40 5.2 Configuring a Non-Admin User to be an Admin-Equivalent User. 40 5.3 Configuring [Public] as a File System Trustee . 43 Contents 3 5.4 Configuring the [Public] Trustee Access Rights on NSS Volumes for Daemons Running as the Nobody User . 45 5.5 Using QuickFinder with NCP Volumes and NSS Volumes. 47 5.6 Access Control for NSS on Linux. 47 5.7 Understanding Directory and File Attributes for NSS Volumes . 48 5.8 Viewing Key NSS Directory and File Attributes as Linux POSIX Permissions . 50 5.9 Troubleshooting File Attributes Issues . 54 6 Configuring Trustees and File System Attributes 55 6.1 Viewing a Trustee Report for a Directory or File . 55 6.2 Viewing a Trustee Report for All Directories in a Volume . 56 6.3 Viewing Properties of a File or Folder in iManager . .56 6.4 Viewing Properties for a File or Folder with Novell Client . 59 6.5 Using the Files and Folders Plug-In for iManager to Manage Trustees, Trustee Rights, and Inherited Rights . 60 6.5.1 Prerequisites . 61 6.5.2 Viewing, Adding, or Removing File System Trustees . 61 6.5.3 Viewing, Granting, or Revoking File System Trustee Rights . 62 6.5.4 Configuring the Inherited Rights Filter for a File or Directory. 63 6.5.5 Viewing Effective Rights for a Trustee . 64 6.6 Using Novell NetStorage to Manage Trustees, Trustee Rights, and Inherited Rights . 64 6.7 Using the Novell Client to Manage Trustees and Trustee Rights. 65 6.8 Using the Novell Client to Manage Inherited Rights and Filters. 66 6.9 Using the Rights Utility to Set Trustee Rights for the NSS File System . 67 6.9.1 Syntax . 67 6.9.2 Options . 67 6.9.3 Example. 70 6.9.4 See Also. 70 7 Managing Effective Rights 71 7.1 Understanding Effective Rights . 71 7.2 Limitations for Effective Rights and Rights to Files and Folders . 71 7.3 Viewing Effective Rights. 72 7.4 Assigning Rights to Files and Folders . 74 8 Understanding Directory Structures for the NSS File System 75 8.1 Directory Structures . 75 8.2 Directory Path . 76 8.3 Root Directory . 76 8.4 Drive Map. 76 9 Managing Files and Folders 77 9.1 Creating a Folder on.