11.4 Exercises for ncp_lum-edir

11.4.1 What ncp_lum-edir Can Do

This user has the following service access:

Table 11-3 ncp_lum-edir Service Access

Service

Details

Explored for This User in This Guide

iFolder 3.9

Can create and share its own iFolders and accept invitations from others to share their iFolders.

No

Novell AFP

Can access any NSS directories to which it has rights.

Access rights to directories are governed by the NSS file system, allowing the user to only see and do what it has rights for.

See Section 11.10, Macintosh Exercises and Novell AFP.

Novell CIFS

Can access any NSS directories to which it has rights.

Access rights to directories are governed by the NSS file system, allowing the user to only see and do what it has rights for.

No

NetStorage

Can access its home directory through NetStorage because all home directories created through iManager and stored as attributes in eDirectory are exposed through the HOME@EXAMPLE_TREE default storage location.

Yes

iPrint

Can install and use the printer made available in Section 9.0, iPrint.

No

11.4.2 Using NetStorage

  1. Log in to the Windows workstation as the ncp_lum-edir user.

  2. When the iFolder wizard launches, click Cancel.

  3. Open your browser and log into NetStorage by using the following URL:

    http://IP or DNS/netstorage

    where IP or DNS is your OES 11 SP2 server’s IP address or DNS name.

  4. Type ncp_lum-edir as the User Name, type the associated password in the Password field, then click OK.

  5. Click the HOME@EXAMPLE_TREE storage location.

    Unlike the Linux_Home_Directories storage location, this directly opens the home directory.

  6. Click File > Upload, browse to the Documents folder, and upload one of the text files.

    The file appears in the folder.

  7. Click the ncp_lum-edir folder in the Linux_Home_Directories storage location.

    Notice that the folder appears to be empty.

    This is because the ncp_lum-edir home directory was created with the user object in iManager by the eDirectory Admin user. As part of the directory’s creation, the ncp_lum-edir user was assigned Novell trustee full-access rights to it. And because access to HOME@EXAMPLE_TREE provides NCP-based access to the directory, the user is recognized as the directory owner through that storage location.

    However, the Linux_Home_Directories storage location provides SSH-based according to the directory’s POSIX attributes. From the POSIX perspective, the eDirectory Admin user created the directory and is, therefore, its owner. The only POSIX rights that ncp_lum-edir has are because it is a member of the LUMUsers group. That is why it can see only the directory and not its content when accessing it through SSH.

  8. Click the linux2_lum-edir folder in the Linux_Home_Directories storage location.

    Notice that the four files uploaded by the user in Step 12 are listed.

    This is because the ncp_lum-edir user is a member of the LUMUsers group, and that group has all rights to linux2_lum-edir’s home directory as assigned in Step 16.

For more information on using NetStorage, see the OES 11 SP2: NetStorage Administration Guide for Linux.