Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - PLANING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 11-10-2009 Implementation Manual page 153

Command Where Executed
Local host
gdm
Remote host
gnomesu-pam Local host
sshd Another host
OES 2 server
su
SSH session with OES 2
server
NOTE: Logging in to the OES 2 server through a PAM-enabled service for the first time
causes the creation of a home directory on the server.
Novell Remote Manager on Linux: You can access Novell Remote Manager as the
following:
The user with rights to see everything on the Linux server.
root
A local Linux user with access governed by POSIX access rights. (Having local users in
addition to is not recommended on OES 2 servers.)
root
A LUM-enabled eDirectory user, such as the Admin user created during the install.
Novell Storage Management Services (SMS) on Linux: You can access SMS utilities as
The user with rights to see everything on the Linux server.
root
A local Linux user with access governed by POSIX access rights. (Having local users in
addition to is not recommended on OES 2 servers.)
root
A LUM-enabled eDirectory user, such as the Admin user created during the install.
Task
Run and manage the X servers using XDMCP.
Required for GNOME applications that need
superuser access.
Establish a secure encrypted connection with the
OES 2 server which, in this case, is a remote host.
Temporarily become another user.
This is most often used to temporarily become the
root user, who is not a LUM user and is,
therefore, not affected by LUM.
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