Setting up a hybrid user

The tasks in this topic allow the system administrator to enable hybrid user mapping for NetWare and UnixWare users.

What happens when hybrid user is active?

The following table shows the value stored in the User ID (UID) and Group ID (GID) fields for a connection when the hybrid user feature is disabled and enabled.

UID/GID values

Action	UID	GID
Not logged in (user)	nobody (can access SYS:LOGIN)	nogroup
Not logged in (server process)	nwroot	nwgroup
NetWare user logged in; user not a hybrid user	nwuser (users) nwroot (admin)	nwgroup nwgroup
Hybrid user logged in	UnixWare UID	UNIX user group

 Action                           UID                  GID
 Not logged in (user)             nobody (can access   nogroup
                                  SYS:LOGIN)
 Not logged in (server process)   nwroot               nwgroup
 NetWare user logged in; user     nwuser (users)       nwgroup
 not a hybrid user                nwroot (admin)       nwgroup
 Hybrid user logged in            UnixWare UID         UNIX user group

Allowing NetWare users without hybrid user mapping

This topic discusses how to enable a hybrid user to be assigned to a NetWare user who does not have hybrid user mapping.

The hybrid user feature is enabled and logins are synchronized by default.

The following list describes the prerequisites:

• Access to scoadmin(1M)

• Hybrid user account set up (using scoadmin's NetWare Setup utility)

• System Owner permission to use NetWare Setup

1. From scoadmin, select NetWare, then select the NetWare Setup utility.

2. Select NetWare Server.

3. Select Hybrid Users.

   The ``Hybrid Users'' windows appears.

4. Set the following variables as appropriate:

   • Must All Users Be Hybrid Users? This variable requires that all users who log in have an explicit hybrid user mapping to a UnixWare user. ``Yes'' means a hybrid user has mapping to a UnixWare user (in /etc/netware/nwusers). The default is ``No''.

   • Allow Processes to Assume Hybrid User IDs? This variable determines whether the NetWare processes use the UID or GID for the hybrid user when processing an NCP request. This is only required when a NetWare volume uses NFS to access files from remote UnixWare machines. The default is ``No''.

5. Click OK.