CLI Account

The CLI account is used with an administrator account to access the command-line interface of the FluidFS cluster.

Default Local User and Local Group Accounts

The FluidFS cluster has the following builtin local user and local group accounts, each of which serves a particular purpose.

Account Type

Account Name

Purpose

 

 

 

Local User

Administrator

Account used for FluidFS cluster management

Local User

nobody

Account used as the owner of everything for guest

 

 

accounts

Local Group

Administrators

Local Group

nobody_group

Local Group

Local Users

Local Group

Users

Accommodates the Administrator account, and all other users (local and remote) designated as administrators

BUILTIN domain group fully compatible with the Windows Administrators group

Accommodates the nobody account Accommodates local user accounts

BUILTIN domain group fully compatible with the Windows Users group

Local Group

Backup Operators

BUILTIN domain group fully compatible with the Windows

 

 

Backup Operators group

Managing Administrator Accounts

You can both create local administrators and give remote users (AD/LDAP/NIS) administrator permissions. System alerts are sent to the email address specified for the administrator.

When creating an administrator, you specify an administrator permission level. The permission level defines the set of actions that are allowed by the administrator. Permission levels are predefined in the system as follows:

NAS Volume Administrator: The following table summarizes which settings a volume administrator can change for the NAS volume(s) to which they are assigned. They can also view, but not change, settings for other NAS volumes and the rest of the FluidFS cluster configuration.

NAS Cluster Administrator: The administrator can manage any aspect of the FluidFS cluster.

NAS Volume Setting

Volume Administrator Allowed to

 

Change Setting?

 

 

NAS volume folder to which the NAS volume is assigned

Yes

Access time granularity

Yes

Permissions interoperability

Yes

Report zero disk usage

Yes

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