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V: drive mappings

At login time, V: is mapped to a specific area of shared disk on one of the staff Novell servers. In order for this mapping to be succesful, the user account must have both a pointer to the disk area and the account must have rights to that disk area.

The container login script contains the following command, which maps the drive letter V: to the directory that is pointed to by the %SEE_ALSO property of each individual account: 

map root V:=%SEE_ALSO

In setting this up for a container, the following are required:

  • A number of directory map objects are created, each one pointing to the server, drive and directory that a specific group will use as their V: drive. e.g.

    dir-Group1 -> its-fshd-xyy\usr:xyz\shared\group1
    dir-Group2 -> its-fshd-xyy\usr:xyz\shared\group2

  • A corresponding group object is created for each staff grouping, these group objects are granted rights to the directories in the filesystem. e.g.

    Group1 has RWCEMF to its-fshd-xyy\usr:xyz\shared\group1
    grp-Group1-guest has RF to its-fshd-xyy\usr:xyz\shared\group1
    Group2 has RWCEMF to its-fshd-xyy\usr:xyz\shared\group2
    grp-Group2-guest has RF to its-fshd-xyy\usr:xyz\shared\group2

  • The %SEE_ALSO attribute of each user object is set to point to one of the directory map objects. e.g.

    usera.SEE_ALSO -> dir-Group1.storage.its.monash
    userb.SEE_ALSO -> dir-Group2.storage.its.monash

  • The users are made a member of the appropriate group so that they inherit the rights to the corresponding disk area. e.g.

    usera is a member of Group1
    userb is a member of Group2

Notes

Problems tend to occur when the CRUX manager for an area removes a user account from one group and then adds them to another. This will grant the user the rights to a V: drive area, but without the Novell manager changing the %SEE_ALSO property of the user account, the login script will still be attempting to map an area to which the user has no rights.

  • Check that the account is a member of the appropriate group (CRUX manager)
  • Check that the account's %SEE_ALSO property points to the appropriate directory map (Novell manager, in ConsoleOne)