User Guide

56 Novell Native File Access Protocols Installation and Administration Guide
Novell Native File Access Protocols Installation and Administration Guide
103-000162-001
September 4, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
 Network Information Services
NIS is a yellow pages service widely implemented in UNIX
environments. NIS on NetWare acts as a central repository for NIS
information by storing them as eDirectory objects that can be centrally
maintained and administered.
See “Network Information Service” on page 59.
 UNIX User Management
With the implementation of NIS over eDirectory, there exists only one
user/group in the network which contains both eDirectory information
and UNIX information. This brings up the user management to single
point, namely eDirectory.
See “UNIX User Management Using eDirectory” on page 63.
 ConsoleOne-Based Administration
By using ConsoleOne’s snap-in utility for Native File Access for UNIX,
you can administer and manage the services.
See “ConsoleOne-Based Administration” on page 65.
 Cluster Services Support
To achieve high availability of services, Native File Access for UNIX can
be run on Novell Cluster Services
TM
.
See “Novell Cluster Services Support” on page 66.
 Upgrade Utility
The upgrade utility helps to retain the configurations of previous
installations of NetWare NFS Services (versions 2.x and 3.x) during a
NetWare 6 upgrade.
See “Upgrade Utility” on page 68.