Server Operator privileges

Novell Cool Solutions: Question & Answer

Posted: 19 Oct 2005

Q:
I created a Group in eDirectory and added several users to the group. I then added the group to the property "Server Operator" on the server object. However, this does not appear to give the users the "server operator" privileges. If I add the users directly to the "server operator" list, then they get the necessary access. Is this working as designed or is this a "bug"?

A:
It's working as designed - Server Operator gets a security equivalent (more or less), and users are SE to the Group object. However, SEs are not transitive (ie passed on from one level to another). The important thing to understand is that Server Operator is really a SE assignment.

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