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Notes

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.

8.6.6.2.Edit the .maphosts file

Next, you need to add entries to the .maphosts file, which is installed with User Name Mapping. This file controls which computers on the network can access User Name Mapping, so you need to add an entry for each computer you are using in this test that is running either Server for NFS or Client for NFS.

You can edit the .maphosts file in a text editor. The .maphosts file is located in %windir%\msnfs on the computer running User Name Mapping.

The .maphosts file contains a list of one or more of the elements described in the following table, each on a separate line. The order of the elements is important because, when matching a computer making a request against the list, User Name Mapping searches from the top down until it finds a match.

Element	Description
Host	Specifies one or more computers that can access
	User Name Mapping. The host can be specified
	by an Internet Protocol (IP) address (IP version
	4), or a host name that resolves to one or more
	IP addresses.
host –	Specifies one or more computers that are denied
	access to User Name Mapping. The host can be
	specified by an IP address (IP version 4), or a
	host name that resolves to one or more IP
	addresses. Note that there must be at least one
	blank space between host and the dash (–).
+	Specifies that all computers can access User
	Name Mapping unless disallowed by an earlier
	entry in the list. All entries in the list following this
	element are ignored.
–	Specifies that all computers are disallowed
	access to User Name Mapping unless allowed by
	an earlier entry in the list. All entries in the list
	following this element are ignored.

Examples

A .maphosts file with the following contents allows access only by computers named R2_host, UNIX_host, Windows_DC, and NIS_host:

R2_host UNIX_host Windows_DC NIS_host

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