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Chapter 22. Managing client access
The NAS Gateway 500 supports a number of mechanisms for defining users to
allow you to control access to files being served by the NAS Gateway 500.
The following sections will explain how you can define these file access users
locally on the NAS Gateway 500 or in a separate directory service.
v For managing local file access users, see "Local file access users."
v For managing file access users using a directory service, see "Directory
Local file access users
You can define file access users locally on the NAS Gateway 500 if you are not
using a directory service such as NIS, NIS+, or LDAP. The local file access users
that you define are used in authentication for access to files served by the NAS
Gateway 500 using NFS or FTP.
See "Common Internet File System" on page 137 for information about managing
user access to files served by the NAS Gateway 500 using CIFS.
See "HTTP" on page 126 for information about managing access to files served by
the NAS Gateway 500 using HTTP.
Local file access users might have been defined during the initial configuration of
the product. A local file access user has a user name, a password, primary and
secondary groups, a home directory and other characteristics. During initial
configuration, local file access users are created with an ID and password, using
the standard default values for the other attributes.
Note: A local file access user cannot log in to the NAS Gateway 500.
You can use the SMIT fastpath smit file_user_local to obtain the menu for Manage
Local File Access Users and Groups. Using Manage Local File Access Users and
Groups you can perform the following tasks:
v "Adding a local file access user"
v "Changing a local file access user's password" on page 102
v "Changing or showing characteristics of a local file access user" on page 102
v "Removing a local file access user" on page 102
v "Listing local file access users" on page 103
v "Setting or changing a CIFS user's password" on page 103
v "Adding a group" on page 103
v "Changing or showing characteristics of a group" on page 103
v "Removing a group" on page 103
v "Listing all groups" on page 104
Adding a local file access user
You can add a local file access user to allow access to files served by the NAS
Gateway 500 using NFS and FTP.
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