Planning For File Services; Deciding Which Components Match Your Needs - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER - PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2010 Implementation Manual

Samba Access
Table 17-7
Access Methods
eDirectory users on Windows
workstations have two native Windows
file access options (if their eDirectory
accounts have been enabled for LUM
and Samba):

CIFS Client Access: Windows
Explorer users can access and
modify files on the Samba server
just as they would on any
workgroup server share.

Web Folder: Users can create Web
Folders in Windows Explorer or
Internet Explorer.
Files on the OES 2 server running
Samba are accessed and
maintained with the HTTP-WebDAV
protocol.
Samba is an open source initiative. In addition to Linux support, Samba initiatives provide support
for other platforms such as Apple Computer's operating systems. More information is available on
the Web (http://www.samba.org).

17.2 Planning for File Services

Functional overviews of each file service product are included in
Services," on page 177.

Section 17.2.1, "Deciding Which Components Match Your Needs," on page 187

Section 17.2.2, "Comparing Your CIFS File Service Options," on page 188

Section 17.2.3, "Planning Your File Services," on page 190

17.2.1 Deciding Which Components Match Your Needs

To decide which file service components to install, you should match service features listed in
17-8 to your network's file service requirements.
OES File Services Feature Breakdown
Table 17-8
Service Access Method Features
NCP Server Novell Client (NCP client)
(NetWare Core
Protocol)
Authentication
All file service access is
controlled by LDAP-based
authentication through the
eDirectory LDAP server.
Although shown separately,
eDirectory could be installed
on the OES 2 server.
Back-End Storage Features

Any Linux volumes
(including NSS) that are
defined as NCP
volumes

NetWare volumes
File Storage Services
Of course, the same files can
also be accessed through
other OES file services (such
as NetStorage) that connect to
Linux volumes.
Section 17.1, "Overview of File
Security Features

eDirectory
Authentication
Table
File Services 187