HP UX 11i v1 Networking Software Network Users, NetWare 2 and NetWare 3 Users, NetWare 4 Users

Understanding Networking Basics

Network Users

Network Users

Access to a NetWare network is possible only if you are identified to the NetWare operating system as a network user.

NetWare 2 and NetWare 3 Users

NetWare 2 and NetWare 3 allow for four types of network users, which have varying levels of responsibility on the network:

Regular network users are the people who work on the network. They can run applications and work with files according to the rights assigned to them.

Operators are regular network users who have been assigned additional privileges. For example, a file server console operator is a network user who is given specific rights to use the FCONSOLE utility.

Managers are users who have been given responsibility for creating or managing other users. Workgroup managers can create and manage users; user account managers can manage, but not create, users. Managers function as supervisors over a particular group, but they do not have supervisor equivalence.

Network supervisors are responsible for the operation of the whole network. Network supervisors maintain the system, restructuring and updating it as needed.

NetWare 4 Users

NetWare Directory Services identifies the same network users as NetWare 2 and 3 do. In addition, NetWare 4 identifies a User object named ADMIN.

The first time the network supervisor logs in, it is as User object ADMIN, which is created by default during NetWare 4 installation.

The term network supervisor in NetWare 4 merely refers to the person responsible for setting up the network. NetWare 4 allows for multiple users to have supervisory rights—unlike the single supervisor required by NetWare 2 and 3.

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