Virtual CD Server - Axonix

Security

NT
Axonix's Security Agent for NT allows the Virtual CD Server to perform volume security operations against the NT Domain Controller. Users defined in the domain as domain users can seamlessly login and use the Virtual CD Server's resources. Volume-level access permissions for Virtual CD Server volumes are defined using standard security properties in Windows Explorer. No special tools or properties are required.

The Security Agent need only be installed if volume security is required. Security information relating to the Virtual CD Server is automatically created in the directory where the Security Agent is installed (specified during the Security Server installation).

Each Virtual CD Server is represented as a different sub-directory. Every time a new Virtual CD Server comes up, a new sub-directory is created. Under each Virtual CD Server's directory, a security file is created automatically for each volume. The default permission for Virtual CD Server volumes is that all users are assigned full access. The following window shows a Virtual CD Server with it's mounted volumes..

Restrict Access to A Volume for All Users

1. Using Explorer, change directory to D:\CDVISION\<name of Virtual CD Server>
2. Right-click the volume whose access rights you want to restrict.
3. Select Sharing… from the pop up menu. The Properties dialog box opens.
4. Press the Security tab.
5. Click on the Permissions button.
6. In the Directory Permissions window, select Everyone.
7. Click on the Remove button. This restricts access to the volume for all users
8. Repeat these steps for all volumes whose access you want to restrict.

Select Groups or Users Who May Access the Volume

1. Using Explorer, change directory to D:\CDVISION\<name of Virtual CD Server>
2. Right-click the volume whose access rights you want to manage.
3. Select Sharing… from the pop up menu.
4. Select the Security tab.
5. Click on the Permissions button.
6. In the Directory Permissions window, click the Add button.
7. Select the user or group from the Names list.
8. Assign the permission from the Type of Access box.
9. Click on OK.
10. Repeat these steps for all volumes for which you want to set volume permissions

Novell NetWare
Axonix' s Security Agent for NDS allows the Virtual CD Server to perform authentication and volume security operations against the NDS tree. It installs as an NLM on a NetWare V4.x server. Users defined in the NDS tree can seamlessly log-in and use the server's resources. When a Virtual CD Server configured with authentication and security starts, it adds itself and its volumes as objects to the NDS tree within the specified context. The settings of the property ACL-CDVISION:OT for a volume, determines how a user can access the volume.

The new volume property ACL-CDVISION:OT controls volume-level permission for volumes on a Virtual CD Server. When the Axonix Security Agent is installed on the Novell NetWare server, the property ACL-CDvision:OT is created in the NDS tree schema.

Restrict Access to A Volume for All Users

1. Run the NWADMIN utility.
2. Right-click the volume whose access you want to change.
3. Select Trustees of this Object…
4. Select Root.
5. Choose the Selected properties: option
6. Select property ACL:CDvision:OT.
7. Remove all other options in the Property rights fields (Supervisor, Compare, Read, Write, Add Self).
8. Press the Inherited Rights Filter button.
9. Choose the Selected properties: option
10. Select property ACL:CDvision:OT.
11. De-select all other options in the Property rights fields (Supervisor, Compare, Read, Write, Add Self).
12. Press OK to confirm selection.
13. Repeat these steps for all volumes whose access you want to limit.

Select Groups or Users Who May Access the Volume

1. Run the NWADMIN utility.
2. Right-click the volume for which you want to define Trustee Rights.
3. Select Trustees of this Object.
4. Press the Add Trustee…. button.
5. Select a user from the Available objects list, or select a group from Browse Context List
6. Press OK.
7. Choose Selected properties: option.
8. Select property ACL:CDvision:OT.
9. Select the rights you want to allocate to the selected user.
10. Press OK. Trustee Rights for this volume are now set for the specified group or user.
11. Repeat these steps for all volumes for which you want to set Trustee Rights.