In a normal (for example, nondistributed) environment, the ownership and
protection of objects is straightforward and generally transparent to users. However,
in a distributed environment, a level of complexity is greatly increased in order to
extend object protection across an entire network.
In addition to the familiar concepts of owning user and owning group, Multi-Site
Collaboration uses the concept of an site ownership. The owning site is the site
where the master object of an object resides. It is the only site where the object
can be modi fied. It is the only site where you can obtain a replicated copy of the
master object.
The owning site is a property of any object and the owning site can be found via
the Properties dialog window.
When an object is replicated by a remote site, the owning site property will go along
with it. However, other aspects of access control may vary for each replica according
to the environment of the replicating (that is, remote) site. Access control on replicas
is best described as follows:
1. All replicas are read-only objects, regardless of whether the site uses rules-based
or object-based protection.
2. When an object is replicated, the owning user and owning group for the replica
are determined as follows:
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