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Directory rights are a part of the file system. They aren’t assigned to
NetWare Directory Services objects. But a User object can be granted
Directory rights to a directory on a volume.
The following table describes directory rights.
File rights apply only to the file they are assigned to. A trustee can also
inherit rights to a file from the directory above the file.
Table 1-11 Directory rights
Right Description
Supervisor Grants all rights to the directory, its files, and subdirectories. The
Supervisor right can't be blocked by an Inherited Rights Filter. Users with
this right can grant other users rights to the directory, its files, and
subdirectories.
Read Grants the right to open files in the directory and read their contents or run
the programs.
Write Grants the right to open and change the contents of files in the directory.
Create Grants the right to create new files and subdirectories in the directory. If
Create is the only right granted to a trustee for the directory, and no other
rights are granted below the directory, a drop box directory is created.
In a drop box directory, you can create a file and write to it. Once the file is
closed, however, only a trustee with more rights than Create can see or
update the file. You can copy files or subdirectories into the directory and
assume ownership of them, but other users’ rights are revoked.
Erase Grants the right to delete the directory, its files, and subdirectories.
Modify Grants the right to change the attributes or name of the directory and of its
files and subdirectories—but does not grant the right to change the contents
of them. (That requires the Write right.)
File Scan Grants the right to see the directory and its files with the DIR or NDIR
command, including the directory structure from that file to the root
directory.
Access Control Grants the right to change the trustee assignments and Inherited Rights
Filter of the directory and of its files and subdirectories.