Rights Management

NOTE: Rights cannot currently be administered from a Managed Cluster Mac, you'll need to use a Managed Cluster PC running Windows.

Changing rights on a Managed Cluster Windows PC

• Using an MCS PC running Windows log in and open an MS-DOS window (Start > Programs > Command Prompt). Type X: then move to your group's filespace by typing cd groups/<groupid>.

Giving rights to other users

The RIGHTS command is used to give users other than the manager the ability to update pages. To give another user (in this example, abc1) full access to public_html, you will need to grant them Read, Write, Create, Erase, Modify & File-scan permissions as in the following example:

cd public_html (if you aren't already in it)

RIGHTS public_html RWCEMF /NAME=.abc1.aliases

Making another user 'manager' of a directory

Throughout this document, the term 'manager' is used to mean a user who has sufficient access rights within a directory to be able to alter access rights for other users.

The following command grants full rights (which is also expressed as 'ALL') for a directory to a user abc1:

RIGHTS directoryname ALL /NAME=.abc1.aliases

Thus, from a society filespace, to give user abc1 full rights to the filespace, use:

RIGHTS . ALL /NAME=.abc1.aliases

Further information on rights

Further details on the RIGHTS command can be found in Information Sheet IS17: Managing a MCS group filespace, available from CS Reception or online. Netware file protection is hierarchical and by default, sub-directories inherit rights from the parent directory. By default, therefore, if a filespace manager allows others write or update access to the group directory in general, special steps will need to be taken to ensure that only those who are intended to have write and update access to the web information do so.

NB If you create a replacement 'public_html' directory some time later, don't forget to grant the necessary access.