HP NetStorage 6000, User Manual

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Securing Data
Mapping NT and UNIX Users
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Mapping NT and UNIX Users
If you have clients with NT and UNIX accounts, and you select user-level
security, you need to ensure that these clients have the same file access and
security regardless of the environment that they choose to work in.
Similarly, you might want to make either UNIX or NT files available to
clients in other environments. To accomplish this task, you need to create
a mapping between your users and groups. See “Mapping Strategy” on
page 3-14. The following table helps you determine how to go about this
task.
Environment Suggested Action
NT users do not want
access to UNIX files
and UNIX users do not
want access to NT files. No mapping required.
Homogenous UNIX
environment. Only
UNIX files will be stored
on the HP NetStorage
6000. No mapping required.
Homogenous NT
environment. Only NT
files will be stored on
the HP NetStorage
6000. No mapping required.
Clients want to share
files across UNIX and
NT environments. NT
user names are
identical to UNIX user
names. Use User Name Mapping.
In attempting to match UNIX and NT user
names, the HP NetStorage 6000 consults the
passwd.nis
file for UNIX user names and user
IDs and then attempts to match the name with
the NT user name.