Windows File Accessed By Unix Clients - HP NetStorage 6000 Manual

Administrator has selected full user name mapping
Client assumptions:
UNIX client created the file and is the owner of the file.
The Windows client is accessing the HP NetStorage 6000 for the first time
Windows full name matches the UNIX comment field exactly
Files Scanned or Read
passwd
-no relevant entry
Passwd.nis file is scanned and a
match is made between the
UNIX comment field and the NT
logon full name.

7.3 Windows File Accessed by UNIX Clients

For this example a Windows client is creating a file that they want to share with other Windows clients and
UNIX users who are in the same group as themselves.
The client has the following information:
User Name
Group
HP NetStorage 6000 Configuration assumptions:
Administrator has established file volume permission so that both UNIX and Windows clients can access the
file.
NIS server administration is used and enabled so that the passwd.nis and group.nis files are populated with
UNIX user and group accounts.
Administrator has selected group mapping only
Client assumptions:
Windows client created the file and is the owner of the file.
As a Windows client the user has stored the file on the HP NetStorage 6000
Client has accessed the HP NetStorage 6000 as a Windows client
Windows logon name does not match any UNIX logon name
Windows primary group matches a known UNIX group
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Files Written
Users.map file has a new
entry that contains information
about the NT domain and
UNIX accounts that have now
been matched.
Windows
User name: msullivan
NT domain: Empire
Primary group: marketing
Comments
The client has never accessed
the HP NetStorage 60001
so they don't have an auto-
assigned number or a UNIX
UID value.
The UNIX account UID is
assigned to this Windows
client. A mapping is created.
UNIX
- no account
marketing
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