Data Directories - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Data Directories

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Traditional File Services Administration Guide
However, users can see and use all applications. Use this directory
structure only if you want all users to have access to all applications.
The following figure shows this type of directory structure.
Figure 5 Application Directory in SYS:PUBLIC
SYS
NetWare
server
Installing applications in SYS:PUBLIC is not recommended (unless you
create a subdirectory for each application).
Mixing NetWare utilities with application program files complicates the
file structure when you upgrade a network.
An application file might have the same filename as a NetWare utility file
or another application's program file. If so, one file overwrites the other
because two files with the same filename cannot coexist in a directory.
NOTE:
Some applications write files to the root. For security reasons you do not
want users working at the root level. Therefore, use MAP ROOT to map a drive to
a fake root—a directory or subdirectory in which the user can be assigned rights.
For more information about fake roots, see
These are work directories for groups and users to keep work files in. You can
also create a directory to transfer files between directories on the network.
Although data can be created and stored in a home or user directory, when data
is stored in a user's directory, no other user (except network administrators or
managers assigned file rights) can access it.
Data directories also allow users to share data, create work directories, and
make trustee assignments for groups or users who need access to these
directories.
APPS
PUBLIC
WORDPROC
DBAPP
SPRDSHT
"Fake Root" on page 13.