When you use the Server Consolidation Utility to copy data from NetWare servers to NSS volumes on an OES Linux server, it transfers the NetWare trustee rights and supported file and directory attributes along with the files. However, in order to preserve file ownerships, the users must be Linux enabled (also known as LUM enabled because the process involves the Linux User Management service in OES).
To become Linux or LUM enabled, an eDirectory User object must be associated with an eDirectory Group object, which is in turn associated with an eDirectory Linux Workstation object that represents the physical Linux workstation/server. The Group object is necessary because NSS on Linux uses Virtual File Services (VFS), which requires both a User ID and a Group ID to authorize access.
For a more thorough discussion of the issues involved with Linux enabling users for OES Linux, see the Novell Linux User Management Technology Guide.
To maintain file ownership information when copying data from NetWare volumes to NSS volumes on OES Linux, Novell recommends that you Linux enable your users before copying their data. You can do this either one user at a time using ConsoleOne® or iManager, or in bulk using the nambulkdadd command.
IMPORTANT: If you Linux enable users after their data has been copied to an OES Linux server, the file ownerships might not be re-established immediately on the destination NSS volume. If you use the nambulkadd command to Linux enable your users, the user IDs are updated immediately upon completion of the command. However, if you Linux enable users individually with iManager, ConsoleOne, or the namuseradd command, it could take up to four hours before the user IDs are updated. You can have the update ID process occur immediately by running the refreshids command after Linux enabling the user. For more information, see the Novell Linux User Management Technology Guide.
For instructions on Linux enabling individual users in iManager, see the Novell iManager 2.5 Administration Guide.
For instructions on Linux enabling individual users with LUM commands, see the Novell Linux User Management Technology Guide.
For instructions on Linux enabling users in bulk with the user and group list created by the Server Consolidation Utility, see Perform Post-Consolidation Tasks.