2.4 What’s New (November 2011 Patches)

In addition to bug fixes, the following changes were made to Novell Remote Manager in the OES 2 SP3 November 2011 Scheduled Maintenance patch:

2.4.1 HttpOnly Command

The HttpOnly configuration option is available in the Novell Remote Manager /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf file. By default, Novell Remote Manager sets an HTTP-only cookie attribute that specifies that the cookie is not accessible through a script. This helps mitigate the risk of cross-site scripting. For information, see Section A.0, HTTPSTKD Configuration File Options.

2.4.2 InventoryResolveNonLumOwnerName Command

The InventoryResolveNonLumOwnerName configuration option is available in the Novell Remote Manager /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf file. This allows you to choose whether the inventory of a Novell Storage Services (NSS) volume reports the names of owners as the Nobody user if their Novell eDirectory user names are not enabled with Linux User Management. By default, this option is set to false (not resolved) in order to give you faster performance for an inventory of files on an NSS volume. For information, see Section A.6, InventoryResolveNonLumOwnerName Command.

2.4.3 Inventory Reports

  • The View File Systems > NCP Volumes Inventory option allows you to view a list of NCP volumes and generate inventories for them.

  • The Volume Information page for a volume provides an Inventory option to generate an inventory. This provides the same output as running View File System > General File Inventory for Linux paths and for View File Systems > NCP Volumes Inventory for NCP volumes.

  • An inventory report is saved when you run an inventory on an NCP volume. You can view the last saved report by going to the Manage NCP Services > Volume Inventory Reports page and clicking the View Last Report > Display option for the volume. The saved report provides the same statistics as running View File Systems > NCP Volumes Inventory. Graphics are not available in a saved report.

  • You can email a saved NCP volume inventory report to addresses that are configured in the /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf file. To send the report, go to the Manage NCP Services > Volume Inventory Reports page and click the Email Report > Send option for the volume.

  • In a file inventory for NSS volumes, the File Owner Profile reports the eDirectory identity of the file owner without requiring the users to be enabled with Linux User Management (LUM). For information, see Section 9.5, Generating Inventories for Directories or NCP Volumes.

2.4.4 VNC Consoles

The root user can view VNC consoles from within Novell Remote Manager. This capability requires that the HttpOnly security feature be disabled in the /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf file.