Changing the Client Access Permissions for an NFS Export

Change the permissions for clients accessing 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.To add access permissions for clients accessing the NFS export:

a)Click the Add button.

The Access Permissions for NFS Export 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.

c)In the Allow Access For area, select whether clients have Read/write or Read only access to the NFS export.

d)From the Trust Following Users area, select which client accounts (Everyone except root , Everyone, or Nobody) are allowed to access the NFS export.

e)Click OK.

9.To change access permissions for clients accessing the NFS export, click the client name (in blue) in the Trusted Client Machines column, to open the Access Permissions for NFS Export dialog and configure as described in step (8).

10.To remove access permissions for clients accessing the NFS export, select an entry in the Access

Details list and click .

11.Click OK.

Enabling or Disabling Secure Ports for an NFS Export

Requiring secure ports limits client access to an NFS export to ports lower than 1024.

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.Enable or disable secure ports.

To enable secure ports, select the Require Secure Port checkbox.

To disable secure ports, clear the Require Secure Port checkbox.

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Dell NX3600 Changing the Client Access Permissions for an NFS Export, Enabling or Disabling Secure Ports for an NFS Export

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