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Assigning Rights to Users or Groups

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uRoles		 In March, 2003 the network was reconfigured. The new structure replaces users in separate containers with a more flexible structure that assigns people to groups depending on their role(s) in the University. This document describes these roles and how to assign file rights to people in these roles.

 

 

uLogin

All users with network accounts now have a single network account in uLogin. uLogin is a top-level container:
The "Drew" container, and all the old departmental subcontainers, still exist, and now store resources for each of the relevant departments. Departmental containers are no longer used to assign rights to departments or other groups of users. To assign rights to departments or groups, see uRoles below.  

 

uRoles

To assign rights to groups of people, you need to find the corresponding object in the uRoles container:
You'll see a parallel structure to what is under Drew. To assign rights to a specific group, open the container, and you'll see one or more group roles:
The role that has the same name as the container is the replacement for the corresponding container we had before. For instance, acadtech.acadtech.uRoles replaces acadtech.Drew. Other roles can be created in a given departmental container for subgroups of people, most notably student employees.
   

 

Using the Novell Client for Windows to assign rights to users or groups:

  
The Novell Client for Windows allows you to assign rights to a folder or file. Please note that most application programs will rewrite a file when saved, and thus trustee rights will not be preserved. It's best for collaborative work to assign rights to a directory, which will grant rights to all files in that directory by default.  
Right-click on a folder. Select "Trustee Rights"
In the window of the tree below, you can select the appropriate container (uLogin for users, uRoles for departments and groups) Note: opening uLogin will take some time (a few seconds to up to a minute) due to the large number of users contained there. See "assigning rights with Webfiles" for an alternative method.
Click on the user or group you want to assign rights to and click the Add button.
Check the appropriate checkboxes:
    S: Supervisor--all rights to a file. This right cannot be set here, but will be shown if set by an administrative tool.
    R: Read--the trustee can read the contents of files
    W: Write--the trustee can write to an existing file.
    E: Erase--the trustee can erase a file
    C: Create--the trustee can create a new file
    M: Modify--the trustee can modify an existing file
    F: File scan--the trustee can see a file in a directory listing
    A: Access control--the trustee can add or remove trustees from the folder or file
Note: To be able to collaboratively edit Microsoft Office files, all of the RWECMF rights need to be set.To provide read-only access to files, set the R and F rights.Users who are given the A right can remove their own rights to files, or grant rights to anyone else. Use the A right with caution.  
To remove a trustee, click the trustee in the top box and click the "Remove"button.
Note: Until you click the OK or Apply button none of the rights have been added.  
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