Accessing NetWare volumes from UnixWare

Determining ownership on creation

When you create a file or directory in NetWare mode, the NUC NLM uses the following procedure to determine the UnixWare login ID and group ID to use as the owner login and group IDs for the file or directory in the NFS name space.

NOTE: Accurate ownership presentation in NetWare (and UNIX) modes depends on the existence of accurate mapping files of UnixWare users and groups to NetWare users and groups. See ``Name mapping files''.

To determine ownership, do the following:

NUC NLM checks the NFSUSERS files for a mapping between the current NetWare login ID and the current UnixWare login ID.
If there is no mapping entry for the NetWare/UnixWare login ID pair, NUC NLM uses ID 0 (root) as the login ID and group ID for the file or directory and stops this procedure now.
If there is a mapping entry, NUC uses the UnixWare login ID as the owner login ID in the NFS name space.
NUC NLM checks the PASSWD file for an entry for the UnixWare login ID it used in Step 1.
If there is no entry for the UnixWare login ID, NUC NLM uses ID 0 (root) as the group ID for the file or directory and stops this procedure now.
If there is an entry for the UnixWare login ID, NUC NLM remembers the UnixWare group ID contained in that entry and goes to Step 3.
NUC NLM checks the NFSGROUP file for a mapping between the UnixWare group ID from Step 2 and a NetWare group.
If there is no entry for the UnixWare group ID, NUC NLM uses ID 0 (root) as the group ID for the file or directory and stops this procedure now.
If there is an entry for the UnixWare group ID, NUC NLM uses that group ID as the owner group ID in the NFS name space.