2.2 What’s New (NetWare 6.5 SP7)

The enhancements and changes described in this section were made to file system management features for the NetWare 6.5 SP7 release.

2.2.1 Files and Folders Plug-In to Novell iManager 2.7

The Files and Folders plug-in to Novell iManager 2.7 provides folder (directory) and file management tasks for administrators and users. Selecting the View Objects icon in the iManager toolbar presents a file system tree-browsing view of volumes that have Volume objects in Novell eDirectory™. The Files and Folders role in the Roles and Tasks view provides a tasked-based view of file and folder management. The plug-in can be used to manage Novell Storage Services™ (NSS) volumes on OES 2 Linux and NetWare®, NSS and NetWare Traditional volumes on NetWare 6.5 SP7, and NCP volumes on OES 2 Linux.

The following tasks are available from either view (tree-browse or role-tasks). Features that apply only to a given file system are noted.

  • Properties management for files and folders

    • Trustees

    • Trustee rights

    • Inherited rights filters (IRF)

    • View effective rights for a given trustee for a file, and view inherited rights filters along its full path

    • File system attributes (only NSS volumes)

    • Directory quotas (only for NSS volumes where the volume’s Directory Quotas attribute is enabled)

    • File ownership

  • Create and delete folders

  • Upload and download files

  • Salvage and purge deleted files and directories (only for NSS volumes where the volume’s Salvage attribute is enabled)

2.2.2 Novell Client

See the following resources for the latest release of the Novell Client™, which provides NetWare Core Protocol™ (NCP™) access for users on Linux and Windows*.

2.2.3 Samba Plug-In to Novell iManager 2.7

The Samba for Linux plug-in for Novell iManager 2.7 has been revamped to provide a more intuitive setup for Samba/CIFS users on your OES 2 Linux server. For information, see OES2 SP2: Samba Administration Guide.

2.2.4 Novell Distributed File Services

For the OES 2 release, Novell Distributed File Services is now supported on OES 2 Linux in addition to NetWare. Replica sites for the DFS management context can run on Linux or NetWare, and can be clustered. You can create DFS junctions on NSS volumes on either platform and point the junction to target locations on NSS volumes and NCP volumes.

The Distributed File Services plug-in for Novell iManager 2.7 is available to manage management contexts, replica sites, and junctions. You can set rights on junctions and on junction targets, and copy explicitly set trustees, trustee rights, and inherited rights filters between them. Inheritance of rights occurs independently for junction and the junction target locations, each relative to its own location.

For information, see the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Distributed File Services Administration Guide.

2.2.5 Extended Attributes Support for Backing Up Trustee Information for NSS Volumes on Linux

Extended Attributes (XAttr) support was added for backing up trustee information for NSS volumes on Linux. For information, see Extended Attributes (XAttr) Commands (Linux) in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide.