Directory rights

A NetWare user's effective rights on a directory specify the access granted to the user on the directory and to files and directories it contains (unless rights are redefined on a particular file or directory).

Supervisor

Overrides any restrictions set on the directory and all its subdirectories, and the files they contain. This right cannot be revoked at a lower level.

Read

Grants the right to open and execute files in the directory.

Write

Grants the right to open and modify (write to) files in the directory.

Create

Grants the right to create files and subdirectories within the directory.

Erase

Grants the right to delete the directory, its subdirectories, and the files they contain.

Modify

Grants the right to change the attributes on the directory, its subdirectories, and the files they contain; also grants the right to change their names.

File Scan

Grants the right to see (list) the names of the files in the directory and its subdirectories.

Access Control

Grants the right to change the ownership of the directory and the rights that can be inherited by a new directory or subdirectory.