NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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Group membership
You can assign a user to Group objects. When added to a group, a user
inherits the rights assigned to that group.
Home directories
A home directory serves as a user’s personal workspace.
If you create home directories, plan a parent directory (such as SYS:HOME
or SYS:USERS) for them. Or, for a large system, set aside a separate volume
for users’ home directories.
To simplify system administration, make each user’s home directory name
the same as that user’s login name (for example, SYS:USER\JANE,
SYS:HOME\RDSMITH, and so forth).
If you grant all trustee rights to users in their own directories, users can
control access to files in their directories. This allows users to work on
projects in their home directory and prevent others from accessing their
work.
Once the work is completed, the files can be copied to a work or project
directory (group work space) where other users can access the information.
Trustee rights
If users need to access specific directories and files (other than those
assigned by the system), you must grant users trustee rights to these
directories.
Security equivalences
Security equivalences allow users to exercise rights equivalent to those of
another user.
Assigning security equivalences is convenient when you need to give a user
access to the same information that another user already has access to.
In networks that contain confidential data for selected users, make sure that
you don’t inadvertently give a user access to restricted information.
Use particular caution when granting a user security equivalence to a user
who has Supervisor rights.