| Sun ONE Portal Server, Secure Remote Access 6.2 Administrator's Guide |
Chapter 4
The NetFileThis chapter describes the NetFile and explains its operation in detail. To configure the NetFile, see Chapter 10, "Configuring the NetFile".
This chapter covers the following topics:
Overview of the NetFileThe NetFile is a file manager application that enables the user to access and operate on remote file systems and directories.
The NetFile component of Sun™ ONE Portal Server, Secure Remote Access is available as Java1 and Java2 applets. Users who do not have the Java2 plugin for their browsers can use the Java1 applet. The Java2 applet has a better interface and increases the ease of accessibility.
The NetFile provides the following key features:
To configure the NetFile, see Chapter 10, "Configuring the NetFile".
Supported File Access ProtocolsThe NetFile allows you to access remote systems using FTP, SMB (Windows), and NFS protocols. It includes the following file access protocol features:
- If the user specifies AUTODETECT to add a system, the NetFile uses the following sequence to automatically detect which protocol to use:
- Checks the host for FTP server on port 21. If the FTP response contains the string "NetWare", this is considered a NETWARE host.
- Checks the host for NFS server on port 2049.
- If all of the above fail, a message saying unable to determine the host type is displayed.
The first file system type that is detected is used to connect to the requested host. The host detection order can be changed in the Identity Server administration console.
- The NetFile allows users to select the file server/system protocol of their choice.
For each of these protocols, the platforms/servers that are supported are listed below.
Enabling Access to the NetFileWhen you install Secure Remote Access, the NetFile service is registered only for the organization that you specified during installation.
To Enable the NetFile for Organizations and Users
- Register the NetFile service to the organization that requires NetFile access.
- Create the NetFile policy based on the NetFile service and assign the NetFile policy for organizatio and role which require access to the NetFile.
- Assign the NetFile service to each user who requires access to the NetFile.
See the Sun ONE Identity Server Administration Guide for more information on creating and assigning policies and services.
Enabling Logging for the NetFileSpecify the log location using the Identity Server Logging service to enable logging for the NetFile. The name of the log file is srapNetFile. By default it is located in the /var/opt/SUNWam/logs directory.
Configure Unix AuthenticationYou need to configure the Unix authentication daemon on the Portal Server for accessing NFS systems.
To Configure Unix Authentication
- Telnet to the local host on the configuration port as follows:
telnet localhost 58946
- Type the Unix Helper Listen Port number.
Specify the default value of 57946 for the Listen Port.
- Type the Unix Helper Session Timeout value in seconds.
- Type the Unix Helper Max Sessions value.
A message saying “amunixd configured successfully” is displayed.
Customizing the NetFileYou can customize the text that displays in message windows in the NetFile provider and on the administration console for the NetFile service.
