Administrator Guide

Change the Client Access Permissions for an NFS Export
Change the permissions for clients accessing an NFS export.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, select NFS Exports.
4. In the right pane, select an NFS export and click Edit Settings. The Edit NFS Exports Settings dialog box appears.
5. To add access permissions for clients accessing the NFS export:
a. Click Add. The Add Access Permission dialog box appears.
b. In the Client Machine Trust area, select an option to specify which client machines (All Clients, Single Client, Client
Machines in a Network, or Client Machines in a Netgroup) are allowed to access the NFS export. These options are
described in the online help.
c. Specify whether clients have read and write access or read-only access to the NFS export.
● To allow read and write access, select the Allow Access for check box.
● To allow read-only access, clear the Allow Access for check box.
d. From the Trust Users drop-down menu, select which client accounts (All but root, Everybody, or Nobody) are
allowed to access the NFS export. These options are described in the online help.
e. Click OK.
6. To change access permissions for clients accessing the NFS export:
a. Select an entry in the Access Details list and click Edit. The Edit Access Permission dialog box appears.
b. In the Client Machine Trust area, select an option to specify which client machines (All Clients, Single Client, Client
Machines in a Network, or Client Machines in a Netgroup) are allowed to access the NFS export. These options are
described in the online help.
c. Specify whether clients have read and write access or read-only access to the NFS export.
● To allow read and write access, select the Allow Access for check box.
● To allow read-only access, clear the Allow Access for check box.
d. From the Trust Users drop-down menu, select which clients (All but root, Everybody, or Nobody) are allowed to
access the NFS export. These options are described in the online help.
e. Click OK.
7. To remove access permissions for clients accessing the NFS export, select an entry in the Access Details list and click
Remove.
8. Click OK.
NOTE:
The option Trust everybody is not allowed for All Clients and must be combined with a restriction to a single
client, a network, or a netgroup.
Enable or Disable Secure Ports for an NFS Export
Requiring secure ports limits client access to an NFS export to ports lower than 1024.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, select NFS Exports.
4. In the right pane, select an NFS export and click Edit Settings. The Edit NFS Export Settings dialog box appears.
5. Enable or disable secure ports.
● To enable secure ports, select the Require Secure Port check box.
● To disable secure ports, clear the Require Secure Port check box.
6. Click OK.
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