Activestate activeperl 5.6, User name mapping – Dell PowerVault 735N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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Advanced Features

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ActiveState ActivePerl 5.6

SFU includes ActiveState's ActivePerl 5.6, a full featured port of Perl 5.6 and Perl
Script to Windows Powered operating systems. Among other improvements,
ActivePerl 5.6 includes support for

fork() emulation at the interpreter level, improv-

ing the portability of scripts and modules. ActivePerl also provides full support for the
Windows Script Host, making ActivePerl an excellent tool for system administration
tasks.

User Name Mapping

User Name Mapping provides mapping of names between the UNIX and Windows
environments. You can perform User Name Mapping either from SFU or by clicking on
NFS on the Services page of the NAS Manager.

With User Name Mapping, you can create simple maps between Windows Powered
user accounts and corresponding UNIX accounts. You can also use the Advanced Map
feature to map accounts with dissimilar names. Given that UNIX user names are case
sensitive, while Windows Powered operating system names are not, the use of User
Name Mapping can greatly simplify maintaining and managing accounts in the two
environments. User Name Mapping uses NIS to authenticate users. Also, User Name
Mapping supports bi-directional one-to-many mapping, allowing you to map a single
UNIX or Windows Powered operating system account to multiple accounts in the
other environment. For example, you can map more than one administrative account
in a Windows Powered operating system to the UNIX root account.

In SFU, the Username Mapping Service and NT Authentication Service can be
installed from the NAS appliance’s share, DomainUtils.

To create User and Group Name Maps, access the SFU Administration window. To
access the SFU Administration window, perform the following steps:

1.

From the PowerVault 735N NAS Manager, click Maintenance.

2.

Click Terminal Services Advanced Client.

3.

Log in to Terminal Services as administrator.

4.

Close the Advanced Administration Menu.

5.

Click Start on the desktop task bar.

6.

Click Programs.

7.

Click Windows Services for UNIX.

8.

Click Services for UNIX Administration.

The SFU Administration Console displays.

9.

Click User Name Mapping.

User Name Mapping on Local Computer displays. You can use this window to
define your user maps.

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