11.2 Exercises for linux1_lum-edir

11.2.1 What linux1_lum-edir Can Do

This user has the following service access:

Table 11-1 linux1_lum-edir Service Access

Service

Details

Explored for This User in This Guide

Novell iFolder 3.9

Can create and share its own iFolders and accept invitations from others to share their iFolders.

Yes. This was done previously in Section 8.5, Configuring iFolder Accounts and Creating iFolders.

Novell AFP

Can access any NSS directories to which it has rights.

Access rights to directories are governed by the NSS file system, allowing the user to only see and do what it has rights for.

See Section 11.10, Macintosh Exercises and Novell AFP.

Novell CIFS

Can access any NSS directories to which it has rights.

Access rights to directories are governed by the NSS file system, allowing the user to only see and do what it has rights for.

No

NetStorage

Can access NetStorage because of the Storage Location Object created in Section 10.2.2, Creating a Storage Location Object in iManager.

NetStorage provides this user with access to its home directory, which it would otherwise not have.

Yes, to demonstrate file copying and deleting.

Also to show that the linux2_lum-edir directory is publicly available, and not private as a NetWare administrator would expect it to be. In fact, the directory can also be written to by any member of the LUMUsers group because of the action you took in Step 15.

iPrint

Can install and use the printer made available in Section 9.0, iPrint.

No

11.2.2 Using NetStorage

  1. Log in to the Windows workstation as the linux1_lum-edir user.

  2. Close the iFolder window.

  3. Open your browser and log into NetStorage by using the following URL:

    http://IP or DNS/netstorage

    where IP or DNS is your OES 11 SP2 server’s IP address or DNS name.

  4. Type linux1_lum-edir as the User Name, type the associated password in the Password field, then click OK.

  5. In the left navigation frame, click the Linux_Home_Directories storage location you created in Section 10.2.2, Creating a Storage Location Object in iManager.

  6. Click the linux1_lum-edir directory to show its contents.

    For the following exercises, you need to copy the exercise files that you downloaded in Preparing Files for the Getting-started Lab Exercises to the linux1_lum-edir directory. However, NetStorage doesn’t support dragging and copying files. Instead you upload files you want to store in NetStorage from the workstation to the server. By the same token, you download files that you want to work with from the server to the workstation.

  7. Click File > Upload.

    Depending on your workstation and browser version, the Upload dialog box might display behind the NetStorage window. If you don’t see the box, try moving the window to see if it’s hiding the box.

  8. If prompted, disable the pop-up blocker and click File > Upload again if necessary to open the Upload File dialog box.

  9. Click the Browse button.

  10. If you are using Windows 7, browse to Libraries > Documents. Select the first file and click Open.

    If you are using Windows XP, browse to the Shared Documents folder where you copied the four files in Step 3, select the first file and click Open.

  11. Using the plus (+) sign next to Browse to add files to be uploaded, repeat the process of browsing, selecting, and opening the other three files.

    The first files you select might scroll up and off the display, but they are still selected for uploading.

  12. Click the Upload button.

    All four files are copied to the linux1_lum-edir directory.

  13. Select the linux2_lum-edir, ncp_edir, and ncp_lum-edir folders in turn and attempt to copy (upload) the first file to each folder.

    Because you assigned the LUMUsers group full access rights to the linux2_lum-edir user’s home directory (Step 15), the first copy attempt succeeds. linux1_lum-edir is a member of the LUMUsers group. But the other attempts fail because the linux1_lum-edir user doesn’t have the necessary rights to either of the ncp* users’ folders.

  14. Open the linux1_lum-edir folder, then select MyPrivateFile.txt.

  15. Click File > Delete > OK.

    The file is deleted.

  16. Click View > Show Deleted Files.

    The deleted file is not listed because this feature relies on the Salvage and Purge functionality that is available only on NSS volumes, and the underlying file system for the /home directory we are working with is Ext3, not NSS.

    For more information on using NetStorage, see the OES 11 SP2: NetStorage Administration Guide for Linux.

  17. Continue with the next section, Exercises for linux2_lum-edir.