Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 2012

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The Directory Service
eDirectory Mode
Using a Directory Service to Control User Access to Network Resources
Using a Directory Service to Control
User Access to Network Resources
Using a directory service with NetWare
which of your users can access sensitive data on your NetWare 6 server.
The NetWare Enterprise Web Server lets you choose which directory service
mode you want the Enterprise Server to use. This chapter describes each of the
available directory service modes and how to set them up.
Directory services are a type of software that allow you to maintain
information, such as contact information or identification information for the
people in your organization. This information is also used when controlling
access to a server and its resources by requiring a user to provide the necessary
username and password when trying to access protected (or nonpublic)
folders.
You can use three directory service modes with the Enterprise Web Server:
eDirectory mode
TM
Local database mode
LDAP mode
NOTE:
If you choose local database or LDAP modes, users will be required to
enter fully distinguished names (.username.context.domain) whenever accessing
protected folders.
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Novell eDirectory is installed during the NetWare 6 installation. The
Enterprise Web Server provides a native eDirectory integration mode. While
in this mode, users attempting to access any folder that is not designated as a
public folder are required to enter a username and password. This is
accomplished through eDirectory's use of native NetWare file system trustee
assignments.
This means that anywhere that users have Internet access, they can log in from
an HTTP client using their eDirectory usernames and passwords. There is no
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Web Services lets you easily control
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