Planning Your Proxy Users; About Proxy User Creation - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - PLANING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 11-10-2009 Implementation Manual

I.3 Planning Your Proxy Users
Because of the prominent role played by the proxy users on your OES network, it is important that
you understand your implementation options and the implications for each option. You can then plan
an overall proxy user implementation strategy.
Section I.3.1, "About Proxy User Creation," on page 264
Section I.3.2, "Proxy User Impacts on User Connection Licenses," on page 267
Section I.3.3, "Limiting the Number of Proxy Users in Your Tree," on page 267
Section I.3.4, "Proxy Users and Passwords," on page 269
I.3.1 About Proxy User Creation
The first step in planning your proxy user implementation strategy is understanding the do's and
don'ts of proxy user creation.
"Creation Options" on page 264
"Do Not Manually Configure Proxy Users" on page 266
"Avoid Assigning an Admin User As a Proxy User" on page 266
Creation Options
Table I-2 presents information about the creation options for each OES proxy user.
Proxy User Creation Options
Table I-5
Associated Service Default Proxy User Name
AFP
Archive Versioning admin
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AfpProxyUser-
servername
Creation Information
By default, the AFP YaST install automatically
Creates a proxy user named afpProxyUser-
servername in the same context as the server.
Creates a Universal Password Policy that you can
assign to AFP users after the install.
Generates a password and stores it in either CASA
or in an encrypted file on the server, depending on
which option you select.
Alternatively, you can modify any of the defaults,
including the password. Or if you have already created a
proxy user, you can specify that as well.
If you access the AFP configuration pages and there are
no Universal Password Policies in your tree, the install
reminds you that AFP users must have a policy
assigned.
The admin account that installs the server is
automatically assigned as the Archive and Versioning
proxy user. This is not configurable.