This section includes information on all configuration settings that can be set. The settings are organized according to the link in the left column that they appear under. This information is also available if you click .
Lets you change or add the Novell eDirectory™ server URLs and contexts that are required by NetStorage. This page also lets you add support for dotted usernames, e-mail address names, and Universal passwords, as well as giving you the option to change the eDirectory server that is designated as the Primary. See Section 3.2, Installing Novell NetStorage During the NetWare 6.5 Installation for more information about eDirectory server URLs and contexts.
Table 6-1 Authentication Settings and Description
|
Settings |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Dotted Names |
Allows the use of a dot in a username. Some usernames contain dots (for example: john.doe). Enabling this option allows usernames containing dots to authenticate through NetStorage. If this option is disabled, usernames containing dots can still authenticate through NetStorage by adding a forward slash (/) in front of the dot in the username (for example: john/.doe). |
|
eMail Address Names |
Allows the use of the At symbol (@) in a username. Some usernames are e-mail address names and contain the At symbol. Enabling this option allows usernames containing this character to authenticate through NetStorage. If this option is disabled, NetStorage reads the username up to the At symbol and then tries to authenticate with that much of the name. |
|
Universal Password |
Allows universal passwords to be used for NetStorage authentication. Universal password functionality is disabled by default. If you have enabled universal passwords, enabled this option to let users with universal passwords authenticate through NetStorage. If universal passwords have not been configured and enabled, selecting this option has no effect. NetStorage uses whatever password type is configured. See “Deploying Universal Passwords” for information on configuring universal passwords. |
|
Add Domain |
Adds another eDirectory server IP address or DNS name. Users are authenticated to this eDirectory server. |
|
Make Primary |
Makes the eDirectory server URL listed above the button the Primary. |
|
Remove Domain |
Removes the eDirectory server URL from the list of URLs used by NetStorage. |
|
Add Context |
Adds a context that NetStorage searches when authenticating users. Use periods to separate the context. For example, ou=users.o=digitalair. If the user is not located in the first context, any additional contexts added here is searched. If the user is not found in any context listed, an LDAP search of all subdirectories is performed. If clear-text passwords are not enabled on the server, this search fails. |
|
Remove Context |
Removes the context (if there is one) from the eDirectory server URL. |
|
Add Host |
Lets you list additional hosts for an Authentication Domain. Clicking the button lets you create a list of alternative hosts for the domain. If the Middle Tier server cannot reach the host specified in the domain, it searches the list specified in the field to find another server to use for authentication. Specify DNS names or IP addresses of alternate servers, separated by a comma delimiter, in the field. For example, you could enter a string similar to the following: Middletier.boston.digitalair.com,Middletier1.boston.digitialair.com or 111.22.33.4,111.22.33.41 |
Displays a report with information on the current NetStorage sessions.
Displays the NetStorage Web page. This provides a way to access NetStorage from iManager, without entering the NetStorage URL. See Section 4.0, Using NetStorage for more information on the NetStorage Web page.
If you have Novell iFolder® 2.x installed on your NetWare server, you can view or edit the following iFolder-specific configuration settings.
Table 6-2 iFolder Configuration Settings and Description
NOTE:The name fields should not contain any special characters that are misinterpreted as separators in any type of path or URL string. The characters includes /, \, and : and you must not use them in the name fields in the configuration section.
Table 6-3 NetWare Storage Provider Settings and Description
|
Settings |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Home Name |
This text is displayed on the NetStorage Web page and is followed by the tree name and path to the user's home directory. The user might have home directories in multiple trees, in which case multiple paths are displayed. The default is Home@. You might want to change this if you want to reference home directories with a different word or in a language other than English. See the Alternate Tree Name listing below for more information on configuring NetStorage to display multiple home directories. |
|
Drive Name |
This text is displayed on the NetStorage Web page and includes the drive letter being referenced, followed by the path to the mapped drive. The user's login script on the Primary tree is parsed by NetStorage to gather information on mapped drives. You might want to change this if you want to use a different word or words to reference mapped drives on the NetStorage Web page. |
|
Public Directory Name |
This registry key provides a way for any NetStorage user to make documents or files available to other NetStorage users. A public directory can be automatically created in each user's home directory by NetStorage. If public directories are created by NetStorage, all users in the same eDirectory context have Read and File Scan rights to the other users' public directories. If you don't want public directories created in users' home directories, leave this field blank (the default). If you want public directories created in users' home directories, specify the name for the public directories. For example, if you specify My Public Files as the name for the public directories, a folder named My Public Files is created at the root of each user's home directory the first time the user logs in through NetStorage. To access a public directory, users need to add ~username at the end of the URL used to access NetStorage. For example if you want to access the public directory for a user named jsmith, you might specify a URL similar to http://file.i-login.net/oneNet/NetStorage/~jsmith. |
|
Alternate Tree Name |
When a user's home directory is displayed by NetStorage, the name of the eDirectory tree is also displayed. With this configuration field, you can change the tree name that users see in NetStorage to something that might be more intuitive. For example, if the tree name is SERVICES 2 and you want users to see i-Login, you would type SERVICES2/i-Login in this configuration field. The eDirectory tree name and the substitute name are separated with a slash (/). NetStorage can access user home directories in multiple eDirectory trees. If you want to substitute eDirectory tree names in more than one tree, separate those tree name substitutions with a comma. An example of this is SERVICES2/i-Login,SERVEME2/Staging. |
|
Container Search Height |
Specifies the number of container levels (from where the User object is located) that NetStorage searches up in the eDirectory tree for the container login script. The default is 1, which is the same level used by Novell Client™ software. If you specify a number greater than the number of container levels in the eDirectory tree, NetStorage searches up to and including the root container in the tree. If you specify 0, NetStorage only searches the container where the User object is located. |
|
Home Dirs |
Specifies if home directories are to be processed. The default is 1, meaning that they are processed. If you specify 0, no home directories are processed or displayed to the user. |
|
Check MAP Drives |
Specifies if mapped drives (from login script MAP statements) are checked when the user logs in. The default is 0, meaning that mapped drives are not checked and all mapped drives are displayed to the user. If the user attempts to access a mapped drive pointing to a directory that does not exist or that the user does not have access rights to, an error occurs. If you specify 1, each mapped drive is checked at login and map drives that do not exist or that the user does not have access to are not displayed. |
Table 6-4 NetStorage Settings and Description
Displays a report with information about server up time, login failures, number of NetStorage sessions, etc.
Displays a detailed report of resource utilization for NetStorage.
Table 6-5 WebDAV Provider Settings and Description
You can create a Storage Location object to display a specified name for a network directory in the NetStorage directory access list displayed through Microsoft Web Folders or a Web browser. Creating a Storage Location object is useful if users expect the directory to have a certain name. Unlike directories that are displayed from a login script, Home directory, or iFolder that have a name that cannot be altered, you can specify the Storage Location object name.
After you have created a Storage Location object, you must associate this object with a User, Group, Location, or Container object. Users see the directory associated with the object the next time they log in.
Start your browser (Internet Explorer 5 or later, Mozilla, etc.) and specify the URL for iManager.
The URL is http://server_ip_address/nps/imanager.html. Replace server_ip_address with the IP address or DNS name of the NetWare 6.5 server running NetStorage or the IP address for Apache-based services.
Type your username and password.
In the left column, click , then click .
Specify the object name, display name, display location, context, and a comment.
The object name is the name of the object in the eDirectory tree.
The display name is the name to be displayed in the NetStorage directory access list. This is the shortcut name and is seen by users. If you use the same display name for two different Storage objects, a digit is added to the names to make each name unique.
The directory location is the location of the directory on the file system. The location is a URL that includes the file system type, server name, volume, and directory path and it must be in the following format:
ncp://server_name/volume/path_to_directory
For example:
ncp://server1.digitalair.com/mktg/reports
or
ncp://111.222.3.4/mktg/reports
If the file system is omitted, it is assumed that it is NCP™.
The context is the directory context that the Storage Location object resides in. Click the object selector to select the context.
The comment is entered by the administrator and is not displayed to users.
Click , then click .
After you create a Storage Location object, you must create a list of Storage Location objects that can be used with a specified User, Group, Profile, or Container object. Users see the directory associated with the object the next time they log in. After this list is created, you can modify it from the same window by assigning additional Storage Location objects to the list or by deleting Storage Location objects from the list.
Start your browser (Internet Explorer 5 or later, Mozilla, etc.) and specify the URL for iManager.
The URL is http://server_ip_address/nps/imanager.html. Replace server_ip_address with the IP address or DNS name of the NetWare 6.5 server running NetStorage or the IP address for Apache-based services.
Type your username and password.
In the left column, click , then click .
Click the button; select the User, Group, Profile, or Container object that the list is to be created for; then click .
IMPORTANT:If you enter an invalid object name in the field and click , you are directed back to the Home page instead of being taken to the next page.
Click the button, select the Storage Location objects you want included in this list, then click .
You can select multiple Storage Location objects in the Object Selector window. When you select multiple Storage Location objects, they appear in the list. If the list already contains Storage Location objects and you want to add more, ensure that the original objects are still in the list before clicking .
(Optional) Remove existing storage locations by deleting their names from the list.
When you are finished creating or modifying the list, click .
Start your browser (Internet Explorer 5 or later, Mozilla, etc.) and specify the URL for iManager.
The URL is http://server_ip_address/nps/imanager.html. Replace server_ip_address with the IP address or DNS name of the NetWare 6.5 server running NetStorage or the IP address for Apache-based services.
Type your username and password.
In the left column, click , then click .
Click the , then select the Storage Location object that you want to modify.
Modify the display name, display location, or comment, then click .
If you need to modify the object name or eDirectory context, you must delete this object and create a new Storage Location object.
Click .
IMPORTANT:If the IP address of the server which is represented in the eDirectory storage location object is changed, you must update the storage location object with the new IP address. You do need to change any configuration files.
Start your browser (Internet Explorer 5 or later, Mozilla, etc.) and specify the URL for iManager.
The URL is http://server_ip_address/nps/imanager.html. Replace server_ip_address with the IP address or DNS name of the NetWare 6.5 server running NetStorage or the IP address for Apache-based services.
Type your username and password.
In the left column, click , then click .
Click the button, then select the Storage Location object that you want to delete.
Click .