NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows User Guide

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Understanding Networking Basics
Network Users
Network Users
Access to a NetWare network is possible only if you are identified to the
NetWare operating system as a network user.
NetWare 2 and NetWare 3 Users
NetWare 2 and NetWare 3 allow for four types of network users,
which have varying levels of responsibility on the network:
Regular network users are the people who work on the network. They can
run applications and work with files according to the rights assigned to them.
Operators are regular network users who have been assigned additional
privileges. For example, a file server console operator is a network user who
is given specific rights to use the FCONSOLE utility.
Managers are users who have been given responsibility for creating or
managing other users. Workgroup managers can create and manage users;
user account managers can manage, but not create, users. Managers function
as supervisors over a particular group, but they do not have supervisor
equivalence.
Network supervisors are responsible for the operation of the whole network.
Network supervisors maintain the system, restructuring and updating it as
needed.
NetWare 4 Users
NetWare Directory Services identifies the same network users as NetWare 2
and 3 do. In addition, NetWare 4 identifies a User object named ADMIN.
The first time the network supervisor logs in, it is as User object ADMIN,
which is created by default during NetWare 4 installation.
The term network supervisor in NetWare 4 merely refers to the person
responsible for setting up the network. NetWare 4 allows for multiple users
to have supervisory rights—unlike the single supervisor required by
NetWare 2 and 3.