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17.6.1 The Default NCP Volume
The NCP Server for OES enables NCP access to NCP and NSS volumes defined on the OES 2
server. When you install the NCP server, the installation creates one NCP volume named
SYS:
that
maps to the
/usr/novell/sys
folder on the OES server.
This NCP volume contains
LOGIN
and
PUBLIC
directories that, in turn, contain a small subset of the
files traditionally found on a NetWare server in the directories with the same names.
17.6.2 Creating NCP Home and Data Volume Pointers
Initially, there are no NCP home directories or data volumes available to Novell Clients that attach
to an OES 2 server.
For existing eDirectory users: If you want users to have NCP home or data directories on the
server, you must decide where you want these directories to reside on the server’s partitions and then
create NCP volumes by using the NCPCON utility at the terminal prompt.
For example, if you wanted to create an NCP volume (pointer) named
HOME
and mount it to the
/usr
folder on the Linux server, you would enter the following command at the command prompt:
ncpcon create volume HOME /usr
After issuing this command, when a Novell Client attaches to the OES 2 server, the
HOME:
volume
appears along with the
SYS:
volume created by the installation.
For new eDirectory users: If you create an NCP or NSS volume on the server prior to creating
users, then you have the option of specifying that volume in iManager as the location of the home
directory for the new users.
IMPORTANT: NCP Volume pointers are always created with uppercase names (
HOME:
,
SYS:
, etc.)
regardless of the case specified when the volume pointers are created.
17.6.3 Assigning File Trustee Rights
You can use the same methods for assigning file trustee rights on NCP volumes on OES 2 servers
that you use when assigning them on NetWare. For example, the Novell Client can be used by
anyone with the Access Control right on the volume, or the root user can use the ncpcon utility >
rights
command at a command prompt to administer NCP trustee rights. See “ Managing File
System Trustees, Trustee Rights, and Attributes on NCP Volumes ”in the OES 2 SP2: NCP Server
for Linux Administration Guide . (The ncpcon
rights
command is related to but not the same as the
rights utility used to manage trustees on NSS volumes.)
17.6.4 NCP Caveats
Starting with OES 2 SP2, cross-protocol file locking (CPL) is enabled by default on all new servers
with NCP installed. For more information, see
Section 1.3.5, “Cross-Protocole File Locking
Change,” on page 20 .