2.1 What’s New or Changed in NSS AD (OES 2018 SP3)

Add eDirectory or Active Directory Trustees: When you map the volume as an eDirectory user, then you can add AD trustees by selecting the option List Active Directory trustees also. Similarly, when you map the volume as an AD user, then you can add eDirectory trustees too. For more information see, Section 7.5.4, Managing the Trustee Rights in the NSS File System.

Complete Trustee Management Support for eDirectory Users: An eDirectory user can manage trustee rights, file system rights, directory quota, and user quota (remove quota). To perform trustee management, you must be an eDirectory administrator or a user who has administrative privileges.

Manage eDirectory or Active Directory Trustees: When you map the volume as an eDirectory user, then you can manage AD trustees by selecting the option List Active Directory trustees also in the Settings tab. Similarly, when you map the volume as an AD user, then you can manage eDirectory trustees too. For more information see, Section 7.5.8, Settings (Mac).

Multi forest Support for AD users: Previously NFARM for MAC supported only single forest. Now it supports multi-forest browsing to choose an AD users for trustee management. A user can choose the required domain from the list of available domains.