Novell iFolder

User Details

Use this interface to view user details and manage user policies.

NOTE: The term iFolder users refers to both individual users and LDAPGroups.

User Details
iFolders
Policies

User Details

The User Details page will display the following user details for the selected user's iFolder account.

Parameter

Description

Username

The username assigned to the user account, such as jsmith or john.smith@example.com.

Full name

The first and last name of the user account.

Member type

Shows the member type of the user currently logged in. If the user is an individual user the interface also display an option for User Groups. If the user is a member of an LDAPGroup, the interface lists all the members of the LDAPGroup under the option for Group Members.

LDAP contexts

The LDAP tree context is used for provisioning users in to iFolder.

Last login

The time when the user last logged in to the iFolder system.

Group Disk Quota Represents the aggregate disk quota of a group.

NOTE: The secondary administrator cannot modify the group disk quota.

Disk Space Used Denotes the aggregate disk space used by a group.

User Groups (applicable only for individual users)

Lists all the groups that the selected user belongs to.

Group Members (applicable only for LDAPGroups)

Lists all the members who belong to the selected LDAPGroup.

iFolders

The User Details page displays the iFolders owned or shared by the user. Click the All tab to list all the iFolders both owned and shared. To view the iFolder owned by the user, click the Owned tab. The Shared tab lists all the shared iFolders for the current user account.

Enabling or Disabling an iFolder

  1. Locate the iFolder you want to manage, then select the check box next to the iFolder.

  2. Click Enable to enable the iFolder.

    This will allow the user to log in and synchronize iFolders.

  3. Click Disable to disable the iFolder.

    If the user is logged in when you make this change, the user’s session continues until the user logs out. The policy takes effect the next time the user attempts to log in to the account. To have the lockout take effect immediately, you must restart the Apache services for the iFolder server, which disconnects all active sessions, including the user’s session.

Deleting an iFolder

  1. Locate the iFolder you want to delete, then select the check box next to the iFolder.

  2. Click Delete.

Creating an iFolder

  1. On the User Details page, click New.

  2. On the new page that opens, follow the instructions to create a new iFolder.
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Policies

Use this interface to manage the user policies for a specified user account.

NOTE: Policies set to an LDAPGroup are applicable to its member users.

Modifying User Policies

The following table lists the policies you can manage for any given iFolder user account. Modify one or more of the following values, then click Save to apply the new settings:

Parameter

Description

Account

Specifies whether the user is currently allowed to log in to synchronize iFolders.

Select the check box to disable the account for login.

Deselect the check box to enable the account for login.

If the user is logged in when you make this change, the user's session continues until the user logs out. The policy takes effect the next time the user attempts to log in to the account. To have the lockout take effect immediately, you must restart the Apache services for the iFolder server, which disconnects all active sessions, including the user's session.

Default Value: Enabled

No of iFolder per users

Specifies the maximum number of iFolder that a user can own. After Applying this policy, the user is limited to own a certain number of iFolders.The user who exceeds his or her usage limit receives an error message about the policy violation. If the limit is zero, the user cannot create any iFolders.

Select the check box next to Limit to enable the iFolder per users limit, and specify the number in the field.

The policy setting does not affect the number of iFolders that the user already owns. If the number of iFolders owned by the user already exceeds the limit that you set, he or she can still own those iFolders.

User level policy overides LDAPGroup level and system level policy.

Default Value: Disabled, no value set

Disk quota

Specifies the maximum total space that a user’s iFolder data is allowed to use, across all iFolders the user owns. The quota can be imposed by the System-Wide policy. User policies supersede System-wide policies.

Limit
Specifies the maximum total space (in MB) that a user's iFolder data is allowed to use, across all iFolders that the user owns for the selected user account.

Deselect this option if there is no individual user quota, or to accept the LDAPGroup level quota or system-wide quota for the selected user account.
Select this option to enforce a user quota, then specify the total space quota (in MB) for the selected user account.

Used
Specifies the total space currently in use on the server for all iFolders owned by this selected user.

Available
Free space available on the server.

Effecive
Effective space allocated on the server

If the total space consumed by iFolder data is nearing an effective quota (system, LDAPGroup, user, or iFolder), the user should stop synchronizing files until one or more of the following tasks results in enough space to safely synchronize the user’s files in the iFolder where the file resides:

  • The system-wide quota, LDAPGroup quota and user quota for the iFolder owner and the iFolder quota are modified as needed.

  • Files are moved from any of the iFolders owned by the user to another location where they no longer affect the effective quota, or files are deleted to clear space.

IMPORTANT: If you enable a user space limit that is less than a user's current total space for iFolder data, the user's data stops synchronizing until the data is decreased below the limit or until the quota is increased to a value that is larger than the user's total space consumed.

Default value: Disabled and no quota set

File size

Limit
Specifies the maximum total file size (in MB) that an iFolder user is allowed to use, across all iFolders the user owns for the selected user account.

Effective
Effective file size allocated for the user.

    IMPORTANT: Users cannot successfully synchronize files of a size that would cause a quota to be exceeded. If they try to do so, only part of the file is synchronized, resulting in data corruption.

Default value: Disabled and no limit

Excluded files

Specifies a list of file types to include or to exclude from synchronization for the selected user's account.

The file manager files called thumbs.db and .DS_Store are never synchronized. You do not need to keep these files, and synchronizing them results in repeated file conflict errors. If you have not set any individual restrictions for this user, this field reports thumbs.db and .DS_Store as part of the system-wide file-type restrictions. After you set individual file-type restrictions for the user, the user's settings are displayed instead. Even if the thumbs.db and .DS_Store restrictions are not displayed, they always apply; you cannot override them.

To add a file extension to an inclusion or exclusion filter, type the extension (such as *.mpg), then click Add to apply the filter.

To exclude a file type from synchronization, select the check box adjacent to the file type in the restricted file type list, then click Deny.

To allow a file type to be synchronized, select the check box adjacent to the file type in the restricted file type list, then click Allow.

To delete a file type from the restricted file type list, select the check box adjacent to the file type, then click Delete.

Default value: .DS_Store and Thumbs.db

Synchronization

Specifies the minimum synchronization interval in seconds. You can set the synchronization interval to a value between 5 and 999 inclusive. If no value is set, the value is 5.

Deselect the check box to set no synchronization interval or to accept the system-wide setting for the user account. If no value is set for system-wide or user policies, the value reported is Unlimited.

Interval
Select the check box to enable a minimum synchronization interval, then specify the minimum interval (in minutes). For example, a practical value is 10 minutes.

Effective
Specifies the current synchronization interval. For example, if the user sets a synchronization interval that is less than (more frequent) than the system minimum, the system setting applies.

The effective minimum synchronization interval is always the longest value from the following settings:

  • The system policy (default of zero), unless there is a LDAPGroup policy or user policy set. If a user policy is set, the user policy overrides the system policy and LDAPGroup policy whether the user interval is shorter or longer in value.

  • The local machine policy, or the setting on the client machine synchronizing with the server.

  • The iFolder (collection) policy.

Default value: Disabled, or the system-wide policy

Encryption

Specifies the encryption policy for the selected user's account. The quota can be imposed by the system policy (system-wide). The system-wide policy supersedes user policies.

On
Select On to enable the encryption feature for the selected user. This will permit the user to set encryption policy for his or her iFolders.

On enabling the encryption feature it cannot be turned off.

Enforced
Select Enforced to enable the encryption feature for the selected user. When it is set to Enforced, the user cannot change the encryption settings for his or her iFolders.

IMPORTANT: This options is enabled only If the system level encryption policy is set to On.

Sharing

On
By default, iFolder sharing is enabled. Deselect On and clcik Save to disable sharing for the selected user. After applying this policy, selected user cannot share his or her iFolders with others. However, you can still change the policy at iFolder level.

Enforce
Select Enforce to enforce the policy set for the selected user. After applying this policy, the user cannot share his or her iFolders.

Revoke
Select Revoke to remove the shared members of all the iFolders that belong to the selected user.

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Related Topics Related Topics

Managing a User Account
Managing iFolders
Managing iFolder Details

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