File Services Plan (Draft)

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I. Pilot and Revise

• Work within File Services Working Group to use proposed system and determine what needs to be improved.
• Check Assumptions: e.g. do we need so many drive letters? We will use the User Services File Services wish-list as a guide.
• Revise system until it is a reasonable replacement.

II. Prepare Server and Documentation

Server side conversion scripts to be written:

• mine the trustee DB to determine the groups and rights
• add the users to the proper groups
• create the directories to the target servers
• assign the posix rights to the directories

There should be documentation to cover:

Internal:

• Set up a domain member
• Set up a hybrid domain member
• Grant and remove file rights
• Manage Mappings (for admins)

External:

• Connect from Web
• Connect from Mac
• Connect from Windows for non-domain members
• Connect from Windows for domain members (just login)

III. Begin Transition Period

• Managed Windows Desktops (e.g. Labs) will have both the Novell client and will use Native Windows authentication to login (which will pass credentials back to Novell clients behind the scenes).
• During this time, drives will be on either platform (Novell or SMB) but will be moved to SMB during a series out Service Outages on agreed upon dates.
• We will begin by moving drives that are used by less people, e.g. the ITS N drive.

IV. Remove Novell

All users should now be on our SMB-based system. Novell Clients will be uninstalled and Novell Servers will be retired.