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Chapter 25. Managing file serving
The NAS Gateway 500 allows you to serve files using one or more protocols. The
supported protocols are NFS, FTP, HTTP, and CIFS (for Windows users).
For each of these protocols, there are steps you need to take to configure the
serving of files.
The section describes setup for the following protocols:
v FTP
v HTTP
v NFS
v CIFS
Note: CIFS is an optional feature of the NAS Gateway 500.
FTP
The FTP file share protocol is enabled by default at system startup on the NAS
Gateway 500.
Creating and managing FTP users
No configuration is necessary for users created on the NAS Gateway 500 for FTP
access to their home directory. To create an FTP login, the NAS administrator can
enter smit ftp at the command prompt. The Manage FTP panel displays two
options:
v Create Anonymous FTP Login
v Create/Enable Anonymous FTP User Login
Creating an anonymous FTP login
To create an anonymous FTP login account, select Create Anonymous FTP
Login. This account allows anonymous FTP access to files stored in the following
directories:
v /home/ftp/bin
v /home/ftp/etc
v /home/ftp/pub
v /home/ftp/lib
v /home/ftp/dev
v /home/ftp/usr
This account owner can perform the following functions:
v Add user ftp
v Add user anonymous
The SMIT fastpath command is mkanonftp.
Creating or enabling an anonymous FTP login user
To create or enable an anonymous FTP user login account, select Create / Enable
Anonymous FTP User Login. This allows the NAS administrator to create an
anonymous FTP access for a file user's home directory. It also allows a subtree of
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