2.2 What’s New (OES 11 SP2)

In addition to bug fixes, OES 11 SP2 provides the following enhancements and changes for file systems management:

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/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 NCP Server gets restarted.

Setting the [Public] Trustee for a Distributed File Services Junction in iManager

The Distributed File Services plug-in for iManager was modified to allow the [Public] trustee to be selected as a trustee of a junction. For information about setting trustees on DFS junctions, see Adding or Deleting Trustees for the Junction in the OES 11 SP3: Novell Distributed File Services Administration Guide for Linux.

Rights to Files and Folders

The Files and Folders plug-in to iManager provides a Rights to Files and Folders view that lists the directories and files where a specified user or group has been assigned explicit rights as a trustee. This reverse look-up shows the locations where rights are set; it does not list all locations where the user has access through rights granted by inheritance or [Public]. See Managing Effective Rights in the OES 11 SP2: File Systems Management Guide.

Novell Client Support for Windows 8 and Server 2012

The Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows added support for the following:

Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows documentation is available online. Documentation for earlier versions is available under Previous Releases.

OES Client Services Support for Windows 8 and IE 10

OES client services (that is, OES-related products that support access to files stored on OES servers) added support for user access from Windows 8 clients (excluding Windows 8 RT) effective in January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance.

Domain Services for Windows (DSfW) supports Windows 8 beginning with OES 11 SP2.

Client applications are supported to run on Windows 8 clients in the desktop user interface view.

Web-based client access is supported for the Internet Explorer 10 web browser in the desktop user interface view for Windows 7 clients and Windows 8 clients.

OES Client Services Support for Windows Server 2012

OES client services added support for user access from Windows Server 2012 servers.

OES Client Services Support for Mac OS X 10.8 and Safari 6.0

OES client services added support for user access from Mac OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8) clients with the exception of Novell iFolder.

Web-based client access is supported for the Apple Safari 6.0 web browser on Mac OS X 10.8 clients with the exception of Novell iFolder:

The Novell iFolder client does not run on Mac OS X 10.8 clients and does not support them. Novell iFolder does not support the Safari 6.0 browser.