Administrator Guide

Managing the User Mapping Policy
Congure the FluidFS cluster mapping policy to automatically map all users or to allow mappings between specic users only.
Automatically Map Windows and UNIX/Linux Users
Automatically map all Windows users in Active Directory to the identical UNIX/Linux users in LDAP or NIS, and map all UNIX/Linux
users to the identical Windows users. Mapping rules will override automatic mapping.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. In the File System pane, expand Environment and select Authentication.
3. In the Authentication pane, click the User Mappings tab.
4. Click Modify User Mapping Policy. The Edit User Mapping Policy Settings dialog box appears.
5. Select Automatically map SMB and NFS users with the same name.
6. Click OK.
Map Windows and UNIX/Linux Users by Mapping Rules Only
Only allow mappings between specic Windows users in Active Directory and the identical UNIX/Linux users in LDAP or NIS.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. In the File System pane, expand Environment and select Authentication.
3. In the Authentication pane, click the User Mappings tab.
4. Click Modify User Mapping Policy. The Edit User Mapping Policy Settings dialog box appears.
5. Select Map SMB and NFS users based on the Mapping Rules only.
6. Click OK.
Managing User Mapping Rules
Manage mapping rules between specic users. Mapping rules override automatic mapping.
Create a User Mapping Rule
Create a mapping rule between a specic Windows user in Active Directory and the identical UNIX/Linux user in LDAP or NIS.
Mapping rules override automatic mapping.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. In the File System pane, expand Environment and select Authentication.
3. In the Authentication pane, click the User Mappings tab.
4. Click Create Manual Mapping. The Create User Mapping Rule dialog box appears.
5. In the SMB User Name area, click Select User. The Select User dialog box appears.
6. Select a Windows user:
a. From the Domain drop-down menu, select the domain to which the user is assigned.
b. In the User eld, type either the full name of the user or the beginning of the user name.
c. (Optional) Congure the remaining user search options as needed. These options are described in the online help.
To change the maximum number of search results to return, select the maximum number of search results from the Max
Results drop-down menu.
d. Click Search.
e. Select a user from the search results.
f. Click OK.
7. In the NFS User Name area, click Select User. The Select User dialog box appears.
8. Select a UNIX/Linux user:
a. From the Domain drop-down menu, select the domain to which the user is assigned.
b. In the User eld, type either the full name of the user or the beginning of the user name.
c. (Optional) Congure the remaining user search options as needed. These options are described in the online help.
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