NDS Object and Property Rights

The NetWare NDS security structure adds NDS object and NDS property rights to the directory and file rights that exist in the NetWare bindery-based server security structure. In NDS, a network structure is organized through the use of NDS objects. Objects are components of the NDS hierarchical tree structure. The tree structure includes the following:

• Root objects at the top of the tree.
• Container objects, which are composed of various organizational units.
• Leaf objects such as users, groups, servers, and volumes.

The following NDS object settings exist: Supervisor, Browse, Create, Delete, and Rename.

Properties are contained within an object and are attributes that represent that object. For instance a user object can contain properties, such as a user telephone number, office location, and title. Property rights are implemented as a separate security structure than object rights in the NetWare NDS security structure. Therefore, you can configure security separately for objects and object properties. The following five object properties exist: Supervisor, Compare, Read, Write, and Add/Delete Self.

Note

NDS object and property rights apply only to NetWare NDS volumes, and you can manipulate them only by using the NetWare network operating system software.

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