“Regular” network users rely on network services. System users and groups support those services.
Some NetWare administrators are concerned about the number of system users and groups on an OES server. They wonder what functions system users perform, why there are “so many” of them, and how they impact licensing and network security.
The answers to these and other questions are found in the sections that follow.
The users and groups that support OES services can be grouped into the three types shown in Table H-1.
Table H-1 Types of System Users and Groups with Examples
System User or Group Type |
Purpose |
Examples |
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Proxy User |
Perform very specific service-related functions, such as
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System Group |
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System User |
The daemons associated with the respective services run as these users. |
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Table H-2 lists the users and groups that OES services depend on and use.
Table H-2 System User and Groups Listing
System User or Group |
Object Type |
Associated Service |
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AfpProxyUser-servername |
Proxy User |
AFP |
CifsProxyUser-servername |
Proxy User |
CIFS |
cluster_name_MGT_GRP.context |
System Group |
NCS |
DHCP LDAP Proxy |
Proxy User |
DHCP |
dhcpd |
System User |
DHCP |
DHCPGroup |
System Group |
DHCP |
DNS Proxy |
Proxy User |
DNS |
DNSDHCP-GROUP |
System Group |
DNS |
iFolderProxy |
Proxy User |
iFolder 3 |
iprint |
System User |
iPrint |
Iprint (POSIX) iprintgrp (eDirectory) |
System Group |
iPrint |
LUM proxy (optional) |
Proxy User |
Linux User Management |
named |
System User |
DNS |
NetStorage Proxy |
Proxy User |
NetStorage |
novell_nobody |
System User |
CIMOM |
novell_nogroup |
System Group |
CIMOM |
novlxregd |
System User |
XTier |
novlxsrvd |
System User |
XTier |
novlxtier |
System Group |
XTier |
OESCommonProxy_hostname |
System User |
AFP, CIFS, DNS, DHCP, iFolder, NetStorage, Clustering (NCS), Linux User Management (optional) |
server_name-SambaProxy |
Proxy User |
Samba (Novell) |
server_name-W-SambaUserGroup |
System Group |
Samba (Novell) |
server_nameadmin |
Proxy User |
NSS |
www |
System Group |
Apache Tomcat |
wwwrun |
System User |
Apache |