4.5 Post-Upgrade Procedures

After files are transferred, file permissions might need to be reset. As discussed earlier, Linux file system permissions are different from and not as granular as those used by NetWare. This becomes especially apparent for directories where multiple groups previously had access to the data within a file. On Linux file systems, this is not possible, so an alternative must be found.

Novell recommends the following permissions as a starting point. You might need to change the permissions to better fit your needs.

Table 4-1 File Permissions Recommended for File Types

Type of files

Permissions:

user group other

numeric value

Home directories, such as /home/userid

rwx --- --­

700

User files, such as /home/userid/myfile

rw- r-- --­

640

Shared team directory (where the group is used for access.)

rwx rwx --­

770 (execute on the directory allows accessing the directory; read allows seeing its contents)

Shared team files (where the group is used for access.)

rw- rw- --­

660