33.2 Planning for Service Access

After you understand the access options available to your network users, you can decide which will work best on your network.

Planning tips for network services are contained in the following sections:

33.2.1 Planning Collaboration (Virtual Office) Access

All eDirectory users in the tree can access Virtual Office using their Web browser. All of the services that you have enabled are then available to them, depending on their access privileges. More information about Virtual Office is available in Section 34.0, Collaboration (Virtual Office).

33.2.2 Planning File Service Access

As you plan which file services to provide, be aware of the file service/volume and feature support limitations outlined in the following sections.

Service Access to Volume Type Limitations

Supported combinations are outlined in Table 33-4.

Table 33-4 Service Access to Volume Types

File Service

Linux Traditional Volumes

NSS Volumes on Linux

NetWare Traditional Volumes

NSS Volumes on NetWare

Native File Access Protocols (NFAP)

No

No

No

Yes

NetStorage

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NetWare Core Protocol (NCP)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Novell iFolder 2.1 x

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Samba

Yes

Yes

No

No

Details about the file systems supported by each file service are explained in the documentation for each service.

Also be aware that file services support different sets of access protocols. A summary of the protocols available for access to the various OES file services is presented in Section 33.2.5, Matching Protocols and Services to Check Access Requirements.

Feature Support

Table 33-5 Features Supported on Each Volume Type

Feature

Linux Traditional Volumes

NSS Volumes on Linux

NetWare Traditional Volumes

NSS Volumes on NetWare

Directory quotas

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Login scripts

Yes (if also defined as an NCP volume)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mapped drives

Yes (if also defined as an NCP volume)

Yes

Yes

Yes

NetWare directory and file attributes

Yes (if also defined as an NCP volume)

Yes

Yes

Yes

NetWare extended attributes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Purge/Salvage

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Trustee rights

Yes (if also defined as an NCP volume)

Yes

Yes

Yes

User space quotas

No

No

Yes

Yes

33.2.3 Planning Print Service Access

Novell iPrint has access control features that let you specify the access that each eDirectory User, Group, or container object will have to your printing resources.

In the initial release of OES, access control for printers is supported only on the Windows iPrint Client.

You can also use iPrint to set up print services that don’t require authentication.

For more information on access control and iPrint, see

33.2.4 Planning White Pages (eGuide) Access

All eDirectory users have access to eGuide and the information you expose through it. No further access planning is necessary.

For more information, see Section 37.0, White Pages (eGuide).

33.2.5 Matching Protocols and Services to Check Access Requirements

Figure 33-3 illustrates the access interfaces available to users in OES and the services that each interface can connect to. It also shows the protocols that connect access interfaces with network services.

To use the table for planning:

  1. Review the different access interfaces in the left column.

  2. Check the information to the right of each protocol listed in the second column.

  3. In the right-most column, view the protocols supported by each service.

Figure 33-3 Access Interfaces and Services, and the Protocols That Connect Them