NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary
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Alias object
A leaf object that points to the original location of an object in the Directory.
Aliases can make NDS easier to use.
Any object located in one place in the Directory can also appear to be in
another place in the Directory by using aliases.
For example, an administrator could create aliases pointing to all modems
on the network. The aliases could all be created in one container. A user
would then need to search only one area of the Directory tree to find out
about all modems on the network.
When you create an Alias Object, name it in a way that you can recognize it
as an Alias. The name is the only way you can recognize it as an Alias once
it is created.
When you add aliases to a list—for example, to add an alias of a user to a
group, the name of the User object appears in the list, not the alias that points
to the user.
To access the alias and the properties of the object it refers to, you need the
Read right to the alias name and the Read right to the properties of the object
it refers to.
You can set an option in NETADMIN to see the alias as a reference to
another object, and then assign rights or modify the properties of the actual
object.
If you don’t set the option to see aliases as references, you can’t work with
the properties or rights of the object the alias refers to.
See also: “Creating Leaf Objects”; “Cautions When Deleting Alias Objects”
(Supervising the Network); “Object.”
Application
A software program that makes calls to the operating system and
manipulates data files, allowing a user to perform a specific job (such as
accounting or word processing).
• Stand-alone application. An application that runs from a self-contained,