Novell BUSINESS CONTINUITY CLUSTERING 1.1 SP1 - 9-21-2010 ADMINISTRATION GUIDE FOR OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 1 SP2 LINUX Administration Manual page 24

To Linux-enable a group with Linux User Management, see
Objects in eDirectory" (http://www.novell.com/documentation/oes/lumadgd/data/
aeucqum.html)
Linux-enabling the BCC group automatically Linux-enables all users in that group.
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Add all Linux nodes (Node objects) in the cluster to the BCC group.
Assigning Trustee Rights for the BCC Administrator User to the Cluster Objects
Assign trustee rights to the BCC Administrator user for each cluster you plan to add to the business
continuity cluster.
1 Start your Internet browser and enter the URL for iManager.
The URL is http://server_ip_address/nps/iManager.html. Replace server_ip_address with the
IP address or DNS name of the Linux server where you have installed iManager and the
Identity Manager preconfigured templates for iManager.
2 Specify your username and password, specify the tree where you want to log in, then click
Login.
3 In the Roles and Tasks column, click Rights, then click the Modify Trustees link.
4 Specify the Cluster object name, or browse and select it, then click OK.
5 If the BCC Administrator user is not listed as a trustee, click the Add Trustee button, browse
and select the User object, then click OK.
6 Click Assigned Rights for the BCC Administrator user, and then ensure the Read and Write
check boxes are selected for the All Attributes Rights property.
7 Click Done to save your changes.
8 Repeat
Adding the BCC Administrator User to the ncsgroup on Each Cluster Node
In order for the BCC Administrator user to gain access to the cluster administration files (
novell/cluster
ncsgroup
1 Log in as
2 Find either of the following lines:
ncsgroup:!:107:
or
ncsgroup:!:107:bccd
The file should contain one of the above lines, but not both.
3 Depending on which line you find, edit the line to read as follows:
ncsgroup:!:107:bccadmin
or
ncsgroup:!:107:bccd,bccadmin
4 Replace bccadmin with the BCC Administrator user you created.
Notice the group ID number of the
number can be different for each cluster node.
24 Novell Business Continuity Clustering 1.1 Administration Guide for Linux
in the Novell Linux User Management Technology Guide.
Step 3 through Step 7 for the other clusters in your business continuity cluster.
) on other Linux cluster nodes in your BCC, you must add that user to the
on each cluster node.
and open the
root /etc/group
file.
. In this example, the number 107 is used. This
ncsgroup
"Managing User and Group
/admin/