NetWare

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Chapter 9

• Lecture 4

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NetWare

• Novells network operating system
• Biggest competitor Microsoft Windows

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NetWare e-Directory

• Process to store network objects (usernames,
  passwords, groups, permissions) in a database
  that is distributed among servers.
• Old name NDS Novell Directory Services
• Platform independent
• Partitioning dividing the database
• Replication distributing the database among the
  servers
• Uses X.500 specifications
• Tree structure of all network devices

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File Systems

• All areas of the disk may be available to users
  depending on permissions.
• Users can map to those areas (volumes).
• Utilizes file caching when a volume is
  initialized, the FAT is copied into memory along
  with parts of another table DET (directory
  entry table) makes NetWare efficient.

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Administration

• Disk management partitioning, RAID
  configuration handled on the server
• User management creating accounts and groups,
  granting permissions handled on a workstation

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Administrative Tools

• NetWare Administrator
• Managing disk
• ConsoleOne
• Java-based application
• User management
• File and print services
• Best
• Most comprehensive file system security
• More specific rights (copy inhibit)

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Authentication

• Passwords not case sensitive
• Requires
• Username
• Password
• Which NDS tree
• Location of user object in NDS tree

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Applications

• Can usually find an application to suit your
  needs
• Not as prevalent as Windows and Linux applications