4.Click View Details.

5.Click the NFS Exports tab on the top.

Adding an NFS Export

Create an NFS export to share a directory in a NAS volume using the NFS protocol. When an NFS export is added, default values are applied for some settings. To change the defaults, you must modify the NFS export.

1.Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.

2.Click the All NAS Volumes tab on the top.

3.In the All NAS Volumes pane, click in the row of the volume to which you want to add NFS exports.

4.Click View Details.

5.Click the NFS Exports tab on the top.

6.In the NFS Exports pane, click .

7.Click New NFS Export.

The New NFS Export dialog box appears.

8.Click the […] button to the right of the Directory field. The Browse Folders dialog box appears.

9.In the folder tree, click [+] to expand subfolders.

10.Select a folder from the tree or type a folder in the edit box under the folder tree.

(To share the root of the NAS volume, type /). The folder path must be fewer than 255 characters long and may not contain the following characters: >, ʺ, \, , ?, and *.

11.Click OK.

12.If the folder you entered doesn’t exist and you want to create it, check the Create the folder if it does not exist checkbox.

13.(Optional) Click the Allow root access from checkbox and enter the IP address of the single system that you want to have root access (by default, the root user is "squashed" so that it has no special permissions).

14.Click OK.

Changing the Client Authentication Methods for an NFS Export

Change the authentication method(s) that clients use to access an NFS export.

1.Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.

2.Click the All NAS Volumes tab on the top.

3.In the All NAS Volumes pane, click in the row of the volume whose NFS exports shares you want to modify.

4.Click View Details.

5.Click the NFS Exports tab on the top.

6.In the NFS Exports pane, click in the row of the export you want to modify.

7.Click Modify.

The Modify NFS Export dialog box appears.

8.In the Authentication Methods area, select the check boxes for one or more authentication methods (UNIX Style, Kerberos v5, Kerberos v5 Integrity, and Kerberos v5 Privacy) that clients are allowed to use to access an NFS export.

9.Click OK.

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