Managing Trustee Assignments to Objects

An object granted rights to work with another object is called a trustee of the object.

Through trustee assignments, you determine what level of rights you want trustees to have on the objects they are assigned to.

For example, to make user KSMITH a trustee of Organizational Unit MARKETING, go to the Organizational Unit MARKETING and add KSMITH as a trustee, giving KSMITH whatever object and property rights you think are sufficient.

KSMITH's trustee assignment to MARKETING overrides any other rights that KSMITH may have inherited or received through security equivalence.

You can manage trustee assignments to objects using either the NetWare Administrator graphical utility or the NETADMIN text utility. Both procedures are documented in this section.

For more information about See

Inherited Rights Filter

Inherited Rights Filter in Concepts

Rights

Rights in Concepts

Security

Security in Concepts

Trustees

Trustee in Concepts

Using the NetWare Administrator utility

NetWare Administrator in Utilities Reference


Using NetWare Administrator to Manage Trustee Assignments


Prerequisites


Procedure

  1. From the MS Windows Program Manager or the OS/2 desktop, choose the NetWare Administrator icon.

  2. Select the object you want to assign trustees to.

  3. Click once on the right button of your mouse and choose Trustees of this Object, or, from the Object menu, choose Trustees of this Object.

    All the curent trustees of this object are listed in the Trustees box.

    From the Trustees dialog, you can

    • View or change a trustee's effective rights to this object
    • Add a trustee to this object
    • Delete a trustee from this object
    • Change the object rights of a trustee
    • Change the property rights of a trustee
    • View or change the Inherited Rights Filter (IRF) of this object

  4. For instructions on completing any of the above procedures, press the Help button and then select one of the procedures from the list.


Using NETADMIN to Manage Trustee Assignments


Prerequisites


Procedure

  1. At the DOS prompt, type

    NETADMIN <Enter>

    For information on moving around in NETADMIN and selecting objects, press <F1> after starting the utility.

  2. Choose Manage Objects from the NETADMIN Options menu.

  3. Browse the Directory tree until you see the object you want to assign trustees to.

    Use the instructions at the bottom of the screen to browse the directory. Press <F1> if you need help.

  4. When the desired object appears in the Object, Class list, select it and press <F10>.

  5. Select View or Edit the Trustees of This Object.

    From the Trustees of This Object menu you can

    • Set the Inherited Rights Filter (IRF), which affects all trustees that are not explicitly assigned to this object.
    • Add or change trustee assignments (which override the IRF)
    • View the Effective Rights for a trustee

  6. From the Trustees of This Object menu, select one of the options.

  7. For instructions on completing a procedure, press <F1>.