If you are using Novell Directory Services (NDS), you set up access control through NetWareTM Administrator. Use the NDS objects you have already created and then grant rights to the discussion group directories.
Be certain that your users or group are in the context specified in the Configure Directory Service form of the NetWare Web Manager (Global Settings > Configure Directory Service). If your users or group are in a subcontext of the context listed on this form, they must specify this additional context when authenticating to the discussion group.
For example, if the context listed in the Configure Directory Service form is DOC, a user who is in the Writers Organizational Unit under DOC must authenticate to the discussion group by typing username.writers.
From the General Administration page, click the News Server server name button >Access Control > Access Control Options.
Select Access Control On.
Select any other options you want. For more information about this form, click Help.
From the General Administration page, click Users & Groups.
Select the User or Group that you want to have access to the discussion group.
If you select a Group, all members of the Group will have the same access rights to the discussion group.
Copy (CTRL + C) the context of the user or group that appears after Current NDS Object.
Click Users & Groups > server name volume.
Click to the directory that you want the user or group to have rights to.
The spool directory location is listed in the Technical Settings form (from the News Server interface, click Server Preferences > Technical Settings). The default is \NOVONYX\SUITESPOT\NEWS-server name\SPOOL.
Click Access Control List > in the Add Trustee field, paste the user or group context.
Check the rights that you want the User or Group to have.
To specify the reader role for a User or Group, check File Scan and Read. To specify the poster role for a User or Group, check File Scan, Read, Create, and Write.
Click Add Trustee > OK.