Novell Doc: OES 1 - Managing Directory Structures for Network Applications

4.2 Managing Directory Structures for Network Applications

You can install various types of network applications, such as word processing or spreadsheet programs, to make them available to users. When installing applications, keep the following in mind:

To install applications on your NSS or Traditional file system, you must be a Trustee with the Create right for the directory where you will be installing the application. The Supervisor user of the server automatically has this file-system trustee right.
Follow the instructions in the application’s documentation for installing the application onto a network. Make sure the application is designed for network (multiuser) use.
When creating application directories, consider issues related to ease of distribution, installation, and operational control for network applications.
If the application requires that it be installed at the root of a volume, but you would rather install it in a subdirectory for security reasons, you can map the directory to a fake root.
For information, see Section 3.4, Fake Root Directory.
After you install the application:
- Designate Novell eDirectory organization, role, and user objects as file system Trustees for the application directory and its contents.
- Assign access rights for each trustee.
- Configure attributes for the directory and its files.
For information, see Configuring File System Trustees, Trustee Rights, Inherited Rights Filters, and Attributes.
To allow users to access network-based applications, map search drives to the directories that contain these applications. For information, see Network-Search Drive Maps.
To make the mapped search drives permanent, place them in login scripts, which are executed when users log in. For information, see the Novell Login Scripts Guide.
You can create a Directory Map object that points to an application directory.
Directory Map objects are useful in login scripts. Instead of mapping a drive to a specific directory path, you map a drive to a Directory Map object that points to a directory.

If you change the directory path, you need to change only the Directory Map object’s definition.
If you install the application in the sys:\public directory, it is not necessary to make file system Trustee assignments or map a search drive. Because users generally have Read and File Scan rights in sys:\public, users can see and use all applications installed there. Use this directory structure only if you want all users to have access to all applications.