NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary
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Gateway
A link between two networks.
A gateway allows communication between dissimilar protocols (for
example, NetWare and non-NetWare networks) using industry standard
protocols such as TCP/IP, X.25, or SNA.
Group object
A leaf object listing several User objects, used to provide collective, rather
than individual, network administration.
A Group object isn’t a container object like an Organization Unit object. A
Group object has a list of User object names.
Whenever electronic mail is sent to a Group object, or whenever a trustee
assignment names a Group object, each user in the list is part of that action.
You can create Group objects based on who uses the same applications,
printers, or print queues; who performs similar tasks; or who has similar
needs for information.
You can use Group objects to simplify trustee assignments and login scripts.
For example, instead of repeating a trustee assignment for each user, you can
create a Group object that lists the users and use just one trustee assignment.
Related utilities: FILER”; “NETADMIN”; “NetWare Administrator”
(Utilities Reference)
See also: “Managing Group Objects” (Supervising the Network); “Effective
rights”; “Object.”