Configuring User Document Directories

User Document Directories allows you to set up document directories or home directories for each user in your directory. A great advantage to setting up home directories is that users can then access their own files using a Web browser.

For every user that you want to provide a home page for, complete the following tasks:

• Create a home directory for each User object.
• Create a PUBLIC_HTML directory in the user's home directory and copy an INDEX.HTML file to it.
• Add the user's context to the Search Contexts List.
• Restart the NetWare Web Manager.
• Activate User Document Directories in the Enterprise Web Server.
• Make the PUBLIC_HTML directory public.

See the following sections for details on completing the above tasks.

HINT:  If you are running the Enterprise Server in eDirectory mode and you have user objects for users who need access to their document directories, the user objects should be kept in the same container as the eDirectory server object.

If they are not, then the containers that include these user objects must be in a partition that is replicated (Master or Read/Write) on the server where the Enterprise Server is running.

Creating a Home Directory

Using ConsoleOne, create new users in their appropriate contexts. Click Create Home Directory in the lower portion of the form to create their user document directories.

Creating a PUBLIC_HTML Directory

Create PUBLIC_HTML directories in the users' home directories and copy INDEX.HTML files to them.

NOTE:  You can change the name of the PUBLIC_HTML directory. Should you choose to change it, make sure all references to this directory name are consistent.

Adding Users' Contexts to the Search Contexts List

1. From the Web Manager home page, click Enterprise Web Server servername > Users and Groups.

2. Click Insert Context and enter the information for each new context in the New NDS^® Context box. Use the following format:

   ou=yourdepartment.o=yourcompany

   This information is added to the Search Contexts List.

   If this context is already set in your AUTOEXEC.NCF file (set Bindery Context=) you don't need to add it here.

3. Click Save Changes.

Restarting the Enterprise Web Server

Restart the server at the system console. Use the command NSWEBDN to bring down the Web server and NSWEB to restart it.

Activating User Document Directories

This step activates your users' home directories so that when the URL is entered all that is required is a slash (/) followed by ~usersname in order to reach a particular user's home page.

1. From the Web Manager home page click Enterprise Web Server servername > Content Management > User Document Directories.

2. To activate the service, click OK.

Providing Public Access

1. From the Web Manager home page, click Enterprise Web Server servername > Server Preferences > Restrict Access.

2. Click Insert File and enter the path (or any portion of the path you want to be public) in the following format:

   servername\volume:\directory\subdirectory

3. Click OK > Save Changes.

4. To effect the changes, click On/Off under Server Preferences to restart the server.