2.3 What’s New or Changed in NCP (OES 11 SP2)

NCP in OES 11 SP2 has been modified to run on 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP3. In addition to bug fixes, OES 11 SP2 provides the following enhancements and changes for NCP:

Changes to the NCP Delete Mechanism

The file and folder delete functions for the NSS file system in NCP were modified to use the POSIX APIs. This change leads to generating three new Vigil NSS auditing events, namely, OPEN, MODIFY, and CLOSE when NCP is used to delete a file or folder on an NSS file system. These are generated in addition to the DELETE event.

Path Visibility is Updated Immediately When a Folder or File is Deleted

NCP Server has been modified to immediately update the path visibility when a folder or file is deleted, if the logged in or mapped user had trustee rights assigned on it. The deleted file or folder and its parent path are no longer displayed unless the user has rights set at a higher level in the directory tree. In previous releases, the parent path remains visible until the NCP Server is restarted.

Command Options to Clear All NCP Server Connections

Two new command options have been added to manage NCP server connections: connections clearALL and connections clearALL except <connection_number>. These parameters help the NCP server clear all user connections that are open. You can optionally specify connection numbers that you do not want to close in the exception list. NCP server exempts those connections from closing. Specify multiple connection numbers by separating them with commas. For more information, see Managing NCP Server Connections in the OES 11 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

Command Options to Update UID Number for non-LUM Users

UID_UPDATE_ENABLED

Controls the maintenance thread to update UIDs.

UID_UPDATE_PERIOD

Sets the frequency in hours. This option is applicable only if UID_UPDATE_ENABLED is set to 1.

For more information, see Enabling or Disabling UID Updates in the in the OES 11 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

NCPCON's Whitespace Support in File Path and Trustee Names

The ncpcon utility allows spaces in file path or trustee names. If the file path or trustee names contain spaces, enclose them within double or single quotes. This change affects the following commands:

rights, irm, files, create shadow_volume, remove shadow_volume, and shift.

For more information, see Commands and Utilities for NCP Server and NCP Volumes in the OES 11 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

Auditing Closed User Connections and Deleted eDirectory User Entries

NCP audits the graceful and forced termination of user connections, and deleted eDirectory user entries for connections. For more information, see Auditing Closed User Connections and Deleted eDirectory User Entries in the OES 11 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.