Filer Administration Basics 2-1

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This chapter describes routine filer administration procedures that you need regard-
less of the file-sharing protocols licensed for your filer.
This chapter emphasizes the filer characteristics that distinguish the filer from a
general-purpose server.

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The filer recognizes a single client computer as the administration host. The adminis-
trator who set up the filer specified the name of the administration host using the
setup program.
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The filer granted root permissions to the administration host after the setup proce-
dure was completed. Table 2-1 describes the administration hosts privileges.
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an NFS client Mount the filer root directory and
edit configuration files from the
administration host.
Enter filer commands by using a
remote shell program such as
rsh.