Tree-Wide Proxy Users; Service-Specific Proxy Users; Partition-Wide Proxy Users; Server-Wide Proxy User - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER - PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2010 Implementation Manual

After the server is installed and you have created the required proxy users and passwords, then you
can install the OES services and configure them to use the proxy users you have created.
The exception to this is installing all services without changing the default configuration settings
(see Table I-5 on page 271). In most cases a default configuration assigns the install admin as the
proxy user for the service.
I.5.1 Tree-Wide Proxy Users
Do the following:
1. Create a proxy user in the eDirectory tree where the OES servers will be installed, and set the
password.
Consider naming the user to reflect its purpose. For example, name the proxy user
oes_service_proxy_user.
2. Use this proxy user and password while configuring the services on all of the OES servers in
that tree.
I.5.2 Service-Specific Proxy Users
Do the following:
1. Create a proxy user in the eDirectory tree for each type of OES service and set the passwords.
Consider naming the user to reflect its purpose. For example, name the CIFS proxy user,
cifs_proxy_user.
2. Use these proxy users and passwords appropriately for each of the OES services on all OES
servers.
I.5.3 Partition-Wide Proxy Users
Do the following:
1. Create one proxy user object per eDirectory partition in the OES tree, and set the password.
Consider naming the user to reflect its purpose. For example, name the proxy user for the
London regional office, london_office_proxy_user.
2. Use this proxy user and password for configuring all of the OES services on all the OES servers
in that partition.
I.5.4 Server-Wide Proxy User
NOTE: The Common Proxy User is specifically designed as the default for this scenario.
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