Description:
Discovering and modifying NSS rights in iManager or the Novell Client for Windows can often be a laborious ordeal, especially if many changes have to be made at once or if multiple files or folders need to be viewed (for comparison, etc.) in quick succession. In Netware, one option was to use Novell Remote Manager instead because NoRM exposes the NSS file system and allows for very easy viewing and direct assignment of rights.

Proposed Solution:
Extend Novell Remote Manager on OES to support viewing and assignment of NSS rights on NSS volumes. This would require that NoRM distinguish between Linux partitions and NSS partitions (i.e. the NSS rights options should not be visible when viewing an EXT3, btrfs, XFS, etc. partition). The interface should be very similar to its Netware iteration.

Value Proposition:
1. Much faster and more reliable viewing and modification of NSS rights.
2. Feature parity with Netware.

I believe that a bake-off between (Netware) NoRM and the other methods of assigning rights will demonstrate the full utility of this functionality.