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ADMIN does not have significance like SUPERVISOR did in earlier
versions of NetWare. It is only the first User object created and therefore
must have the ability to create other objects.
As you create other User objects on the Directory tree, you can give some of
them the Supervisor object right to create and manage other container
objects and their leaf objects. Control of the network is as dispersed or
centralized as you make it.
After you assign the Supervisor object right to the root object for another
User object, you can rename ADMIN.
Part of the flexibility of NetWare Directory Services is the capability to have
centralized or dispersed control of the network. Therefore, no single User
object automatically has rights over any part of the network.
See also: “ADMIN object.”
Partitions
To be more manageable, the NetWare Directory database is divided into
smaller portions called partitions. Partitions are created by default when you
install NetWare 4 on a server in a new context in the Directory tree.
Each partition consists of a container object, all objects contained in it, and
data about those objects. Partitions do not include any information about the
file system or the directories and files contained there.
The root object (at the top of the tree) is included in the first partition
created.
The following figure shows the default partition created for the first server
installed and for all new Organizational Units created in which NetWare
servers were installed.