Nis Configuration - Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Administration Manual

Adding an Appliance Administrator from NIS (BUI)
"Configuring Virus Scanning for a Share (BUI)" on page 281
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"Virus Scan Properties and Logs" on page 281
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"Virus Scan File Extensions" on page 282
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NIS Configuration

Network Information Service (NIS) is a name service for centralized management. The
appliance can act as an NIS client for users and groups, so that:
NIS users can log in to the FTP and HTTP services.
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NIS users can be granted privileges for appliance administration. The appliance
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supplements NIS information with its own privilege settings.
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use in future applications. Their use by end system users or vendors of layered products is not
supported and may cause security related issues with future applications.
To configure NIS, see the following sections:
"Adding an Appliance Administrator from NIS (BUI)" on page 284
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"NIS Properties and Logs" on page 285
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Adding an Appliance Administrator from NIS (BUI)
If you have an existing user in NIS who would like to log in using their NIS credentials and
administer the appliance:
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information for a particular item, the appliance will use the data provided by NIS.
Go to Configuration > Services > NIS.
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2. Set the NIS domain and server properties.
3. Click APPLY to commit the configuration.
Go to Configuration > Users.
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5. Add a user with type "directory".
6. Set the username to their NIS username.
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If both NIS and LDAP are configured on the appliance and the services return different