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Understanding the protocol support for OES 2 services can help you begin to plan your OES
implementation. For more information, see
“Matching Protocols and Services to Check Access
Requirements” on page 171 .
Access Control Options in OES 2
Because OES 2 offers both traditional Novell access control and POSIX access control, you have a
variety of approaches available to you, including combining the two models to serve various aspects
of your network services.
Table 16-1 provides links to documentation that discusses OES 2 access control features.
Table 16-1
General File System Access Control
Feature To Understand See
Access Control Lists (ACLs) on
Linux How ACLs are supported on the
most commonly used Linux
POSIX file systems and let you
assign file and directory
permissions to users and groups
who do not own the files or
directories. “Access Control Lists in Linux”
(http://www.novell.com/
documentation/sles10/
sles_admin/data/cha_acls.html)
in the SLES 10 SP3: Installation
and Administration Guid e (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/
sles10/sles_admin/data/
sles_admin.html)
Aligning NCP and POSIX access
rights How to approximate the NCP (or
NetWare) access control model
on POSIX file systems. “ Section 17.4, “Aligning NCP and
POSIX File Access Rights,” on
page 195
”
Directory and file attributes Directory and file attributes on
NSS volumes. “ Directory and File Attributes for
NSS Volumes or NetWare
Traditional Volumes
” in the OES 2
SP2: File Systems Management
Guide
File system trustee rights File system trustee rights on
NetWare (NSS and traditional
volumes), including how effective
file system trustee rights are
determined. “ File-System Trustee Rights ” in
the OES 2 SP2: File Systems
Management Guide
Novell trustee rights and directory
and file attributes How to control who can see
which files and what they can do
with them. “ Understanding File System
Access Control Using Trustees ”
in the OES 2 SP2: File Systems
Management Guide
POSIX file system rights and
attributes on Linux How to configure file system
attributes on OES 2 servers. “Access Control Lists in Linux”
(http://www.novell.com/
documentation/sles10/
sles_admin/data/cha_acls.html)
in the SLES 10 SP3: Installation
and Administration Guid e (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/
sles10/sles_admin/data/
sles_admin.html)