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NetWare Rights versus Macintosh Rights
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Using Chooser to access network files and folders is fairly consistent with the
Macintosh environment, but there are some differences between NetWare and
Macintosh file sharing. Macintosh users can view the sharing information
about specific folders by clicking Get Info/Sharing.
Inherited Rights and Explicit Rights
The Macintosh file system uses either inherited rights (which use enclosing
folder's privileges) or explicit rights (which assign rights to a group or user).
A folder in the Macintosh file system cannot have both inherited and explicit
rights.
NetWare uses both inherited and explicit rights to determine the actual rights
that a user has. NetWare allows a folder (or directory) to hold file rights for
multiple groups and users. Because of these differences, Macintosh users will
find that access rights to folders and files might function differently than
expected.
NetWare uses inherited rights, so Macintosh's "Use Enclosing Folder's
Privileges" is automatically turned off. When a Macintosh user views the Get
Info/Sharing dialog box for a NetWare folder, only the User/Group
assignments are visible if there is an explicit assignment on the folder. If the
NetWare folder inherits User/Group rights from a parent group or container,
those rights are not displayed in the dialog box, nor will there be any
indication that the folder is inheriting rights from a group or container.
Owner, User/Group, and Everyone Rights
Because NetWare allows multiple groups and users to have rights to a single
folder, users are not able to delete rights assignments using the Apple
Macintosh interface. Users can add assignments to allow basic file sharing,
but more complex rights administration must be done using the NetWare
utilities such as ConsoleOne.
When specifying Owners, Users, and Groups, there is no way to select from
current groups. You must enter the correct NetWare name and context (fully
distinguished NDS name).
HINT: No context is required if the context is specified in the context search
file.