User Guide

Setting Up the File System 29
Traditional File Services Administration Guide
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Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
 You can create a Directory Map object that points to an application
directory.
Directory Map objects are useful in login scripts. Instead of mapping a
drive to a specific directory path, you map a drive to a Directory Map
object that points to a directory. For information about Directory Map
objects, see “Directory Map Objects” on page 13.
Then, if you change the directory path, you need to change only the
Directory Map object’s definition.
 Keeping program files separate from data files can simplify application
management. Because program files seldom change, for example, you
can keep a backup of program files separate from a data file backup so
that network backup procedures need focus only on data directories.
Data directories for shared data files also provide for single-point backup
and management of shared files.
Security: Rights to Files and Directories
File system security includes assigning trustee rights. To set up rights, see the
following:
 “Description of Directory and File Rights” on page 30
 “Adding a Trustee to a Directory or File” on page 30
 “Viewing/Modifying the Inherited Rights Filter for Directories and Files”
on page 30
For information on how to use Windows 95 to set rights, see Common
Networking Tasks in Novell Client for Windows 95 (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/).
For Windows NT, see NetWare File Security in Novell Client for Windows NT
(http://www.novell.com/documentation/).