Managing File Security
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5.2 Changing Trustee Rights
The assignment of rights involves a trustee and a target object. The trustee represents the user or set
of users that are receiving the authority. The target represents those network resources the users have
authority over. You must have the Access Control right to change trustee assignments.
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In a file manager, right-click a Novell file system directory or file.
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Do one of the following:
• GNOME:
Click
Novell Properties
.
• KDE:
Click
Actions > Novell Properties
.
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Click the
Novell Rights
tabbed page.
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In the
Trustees
list, select the trustee whose rights you want to change.
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Select or deselect the rights you want to assign for this trustee.
For each trustee in the list, there is a set of eight check boxes, one for each right that can be
assigned. If a check box is selected, the trustee has that right. The following rights can be set
for each trustee:
• Read:
For a directory, grants the right to open files in the directory and read the contents
or run the programs. For a file, grants the right to open and read the file.
• Write:
For a directory, grants the right to open and change the contents of files in the
directory. For a file, grants the right to open and write to the file.
• Erase:
Grants the right to delete the directory or file.
• Create:
For a directory, grants the right to create new files and directories in the directory.
For a file, grants the right to create a file and to salvage a file after it has been deleted.
• Modify:
Grants the right to change the attributes or name of the directory or file, but does
not grant the right to change its contents (changing the contents requires the Write right).
• File Scan:
Grants the right to view directory and file names in the file system structure,
including the directory structure from that file to the root directory.
• Access Control:
Grants the right to add and remove trustees for directories and files and
modify their trustee assignments and Inherited Rights Filters.
• Supervisor:
Grants all rights to the directory or file and any subordinate items. The
Supervisor right can’ be blocked by an Inherited Rights Filter. Users with this right can
grant or deny other users rights to the directory or file.
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Click
OK
.
Trustee assignments override inherited rights. To change an Inherited Rights Filter, click
Inherited
Rights and filter
s.
5.3 Adding a Trustee
When you add a trustee to a Novell file system directory or file, you grant a user (the trustee) rights
to that directory or file.You must have the Access Control right to add a trustee.
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In a file manager, right-click the Novell file or directory that you want to add a trustee to.
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Do one of the following:
• GNOME:
Click
Novell Properties
.
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