81.2 File System Rights

Listed below are the locations you need to consider when assigning file system rights to GroupWise users:

81.2.1 Granting File System Rights to the Post Office Directory

The following information applies only to users who are running the GroupWise client in direct access mode. Users who are running in client/server access mode do not require rights to the post office directories.

To increase security in your post office directories, you should restrict rights as shown in the following table.

Table 81-2 Post Office Directory Rights

Directories

NetWare Rights

Windows Permissions

post office

RWC--F

Change

          agents

------

No Access

               nlm

------

No Access

                    language

------

No Access

               nt

------

No Access

                    language

------

No Access

          gwdms

RW---F

Change

               libx

RW---F

Change

                    index

RW---F

Change

                    archive

RW---F

Change

                         arxx

RW---F

Change

                         docs

RWCEMF

Full Control

                         fdx

RWCEMF

Full Control

          offiles

R----F

Change

               fdx

RWCEMF

Full Control

          ofmsg

RWCEMF

Full Control

          ofuser

RWCEMF

Full Control

               index

RW---F

Change

          ofviews

------

No Access

               win

R----F

Read

          ofwork

R----F

Read

               ofdirect

RWCEMF

Full Control

          wpcsin

RWCEMF

Full Control

               0-7

-WC-M-

Change

               problem

-WC-M-

Change

          wpcsout

------

No Access

               ads

------

No Access

                    0-7

------

No Access

               chk

RWCEMF

Full Control

                    0-3

-WC-M-

Change

                    defer 

-WC-M-

Change

              ofs

RWC-MF

Full Control

                   0-7

RWC-MF

Full Control

               problem

-WC-M-

Change

81.2.2 Granting File System Rights to the Software Distribution Directory

The software distribution directory contains the GroupWise client for Windows. To set up and run the GroupWise client, users require the directory rights listed in the table below.

Table 81-3 Software Distribution Directory Rights

Directories

NetWare Rights

Windows Permissions

software distribution directory

R----F

Read

          admin

------

No Access

          agents

------

No Access

          client

R----F

Read

               ofviews

R----F

Read

               win32

R----F

Read

          internet

------

No Access

          domain

------

No Access

          po

------

No Access

IMPORTANT:Users require rights only to the client directory and subdirectories. The other directories (admin, agents, domain, internet, and po) are administration directories that users should not have access to.

81.2.3 Granting File System Rights to the Mailbox Backup Directory

If you back up a user’s network mailbox, or a user backs up his or her local mailbox, to a network location, the user requires Read and Write file system rights to the backup directory in order to restore his or her mailbox.