User Guide

HTTP Methods and eDirectory Trustee Requirements 245
Getting Results with Novell Web Services
103-000133-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
C HTTP Methods and eDirectory Trustee
Requirements
HTTP access to a file or resource in Novell
®
eDirectory
TM
mode is evaluated
using NetWare
®
file system trustee assignments, depending on the HTTP
method used. The table below defines the NetWare file system trustee
assignments required to grant access to Web resources using specified HTTP
methods.
This table applies only while running the Enterprise Web Server in eDirectory
mode.
HTTP Method NetWare Trustee Assignment Required for Access
COPY Read on source, Create on destination
DELETE Erase
EDIT Write
GET Read
HEAD File Scan
INDEX File Scan
MKDIR Create
MOVE Erase and Read on source, Create on destination
POST Read on the CGI executable file
PUT Create on parent directory if file is being created, or WRITE
if file is being replaced