System And Administrative User And Group Differences; Comparing Services Between Netware And Oes 2 Sp2 - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - UPGRADING TO OES-PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2009 Implementation Manual

1.6.1 System and Administrative User and Group Differences

Because OES 2 services run on Linux rather than on NetWare, there are noticable differences
between the system and administrative users and groups on OES 2 servers. For example, many OES
2 services, such as Novell AFP and Novell CIFS require proxy users to retrieve service-related
information, such as user passwords and service attributes, and in some cases to write service
information in eDirectory.
For more information, see
"Administrative Users in OES 2

1.6.2 Comparing Services Between NetWare and OES 2 SP2

Service Comparison Between NetWare 6.5 SP8 and OES 2 SP2 Linux
Table 1-3
Service NetWare 6.5 SP8
Access Control Lists Yes
AFP (Apple* File Yes - NFAP
Protocol)
Apache Web Server Yes - NetWare
port of open
source product
Archive and Version Yes
Services (Novell)
Backup (SMS) Yes
SMS
NSS-Xattr
"System User and Group Management in OES 2
SP2" in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and Implementation
OES 2
Yes
Yes - Novell
AFP
®
Yes - Standard
Linux
Yes
Yes
SP2" and
Platform Differences / Migration Issues
In combination with NCP TM
®
supports the Novell trustee model for file
access on NSS volumes and NCP volumes
on Linux.
AFP services on NetWare and OES are
proprietary and tightly integrated with
eDirectory and Novell Storage Services
TM
(NSS).
Administration Instance vs. Public Instance
on NetWare (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/oes2/web_apache_nw/data/
aipcu6x.html#aipcu6x).
What's Different about Apache on NetWare
(http://www.novell.com/documentation/
oes2/web_apache_nw/data/ail8hvj.html)
Setup varies slightly, but there are no
functional differences.
SMS provides backup applications with a
framework to develop complete backup and
restore solutions. For information, see the
OES 2 SP2: Storage Management Services
Administration Guide.
NSS provides extended attribute handling
options for NSS on Linux. For information,
see "Using Extended Attributes (xAttr)
Commands (Linux)" in the
File System Administration
Frequently Asked Questions
Guide.
Server, Linux
.
OES 2 SP2: NSS
Guide.
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