Chapter 7 - Security Options; Overview - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

Chapter 7

Overview

This section covers Security options for users, groups, shares, and file access.
Authentication validates a user's identity by requiring the user to provide a registered login
name (User ID) and corresponding password. SnapServer appliances ship with predefined
local users and groups that allow administrative (admin) and guest user access to the
server via all protocols.
Administrators may choose to join the SnapServer to a traditional Windows Active
Directory domain, and CIFS/SMB and AFP clients can then authenticate to the server
using their domain credentials. To accommodate NFS clients, the SnapServer can also join
an NIS domain, and the SnapServer can look up user IDs (UIDs) and group IDs (GIDs)
maintained by the domain. For authentication control beyond the guest account, Mac and
FTP client login credentials can be created locally on the server.
SnapServer default security configuration provides one share to the entire volume. All
network protocols for the share are enabled, and all users are granted read-write
permission to the share via the guest account. By default, the
SMB.
Network clients can initially access the server using the guest account, but if you require a
higher degree of control over individual access to the filesystem for these clients, you must
create local accounts (or, in the case of Windows, use Windows Active Directory security).
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