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FluidFS 3.0 Account Management And Authentication

Account Management and Authentication

There are two types of access to the FluidFS cluster:

Administratorlevel access for FluidFS cluster management

Clientlevel access to CIFS shares and NFS exports

Administrator accounts control administratorlevel access. Users and groups control clientlevel access to CIFS shares and NFS exports.

The FluidFS cluster supports administratorlevel and clientlevel authentication for both local and remote users and groups:

Local users and groups: The FluidFS cluster manages and authenticates users and groups. Local management is useful when you have only a limited number of users and groups. In addition, authentication does not depend on external servers.

Remote users and groups: Manage and authenticate users and groups using the following external database types. Remote management is useful when you have many users and groups, but depends on the availability of the external database.

Active Directory: Configure the FluidFS cluster to access an Active Directory database to authenticate Windows users.

NOTE: Active Directory can also be used as an LDAP database for UNIX/Linux users.

NIS or LDAP: Configure the FluidFS cluster to access a NIS or LDAP database to authenticate UNIX/Linux users.

NOTE: Local and remote users can be managed simultaneously.

NOTE: If you configure Active Directory and either NIS or LDAP, you can set up mappings between the Windows users in Active Directory and the UNIX/Linux users in LDAP or NIS to allow one set of credentials to be used for both types of data access.

Default Administrative Accounts

The FluidFS cluster has the following builtin administrative accounts, each of which serves a particular purpose.

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Dell NX3600, NX3500, NX3610 manual Account Management and Authentication, Default Administrative Accounts

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