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Edit host access – HP NetStorage 6000 User Manual

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Managing Storage
Allowing Access to Data

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5

Enter a Comment (optional).

6

Enter a password in the R/O and R/W fields. (These appear only if you
are using Share Level Security. See “Share-Level Security” on
page 8-5
.)

7

Click Apply.

Note

Windows shares are indicated in the tree list with a graphic of a hand
holding the shared object.

Edit Host Access

The HP NetStorage 6000 automatically generates a UNIX mount point at
the root of the file volume when you create the volume. Mount points allow
access to the system via the NFS protocol. By default, the mount point
allows no access from any UNIX host when the volume is created. You
must specifically grant access before UNIX host systems can mount the
volume. Host access rights to resources via the NFS protocol are managed
through the approve file.

The /etc/approve File

In traditional UNIX implementations, the

exports

file is used to restrict

host access to the defined mount points. On the HP NetStorage 6000, this
function is handled by the

/etc/approve

file. The administrator may

edit this file:

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Directly from a text editor via an NFS (UNIX) mount or a Windows
share. The file is named

approve

, and is located in the

/etc

directory

in the first file volume created on the system. The

/etc

directory is an

administrative file directory. The files may be edited (with the correct
permissions), but they cannot be deleted.

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From the HP NetStorage web interface, as explained in this section.

Entries in the approve file have four fields: