When you look at the ownership of a file or directory on a DOS Mode NetWare volume, your UnixWare login ID will always be shown as the ``owner'' of the file.
However, this does not necessarily mean that you can change the file's name, permissions, or time stamp (operations restricted to the owner of a file on UnixWare). It depends on NetWare rights assigned to the file or directory on the NetWare volume that are not translated for presentation to UnixWare applications or command line utilities.
UnixWare's access controls restrict changing a file's name, permissions, or time stamp to the login ID listed as the owner of the file.
In NetWare, whether you can perform these operations depends not on whether you are considered the NetWare owner of the file, but rather on your effective rights on the file. Specifically, it depends on whether you have the Access Control or Modify effective rights.
You need the NetWare Modify (or Supervisor) right on a file or directory to change its name.
You need the NetWare Access Control (or Supervisor) right on a file or directory to change its permissions or time stamp.
For DOS mode NetWare volumes, these rights are not translated into UnixWare permissions, nor do they affect the presentation of ownership on the UnixWare side.
Therefore, there is no way for a UnixWare user to tell if they can change the name, permissions, or time stamp of a particular file or directory on a NetWare volume from UnixWare, except by trying the operation. If your NetWare login ID does not have the appropriate effective rights on the file or directory, then an error message tells you that you are not privileged to perform the given operation.