HP StorageWorks 8000, User Manual

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HP NAS 8000 Concepts
37 HP StorageWorks NAS 8000 User’s Guide
In your network, you might use a Network Information Service (NIS) server to
help you maintain common configuration files such as the password, group, and
host files. If your environment uses a NIS server, you can enable NIS. The NAS
server then maintains the same UID and GID numbers that your UNIX users are
currently assigned in a heterogeneous environment.
Note: Enabling and disabling the use of a NIS server does not affect the security of a
homogeneous UNIX environment.
An additional form of security called host access is available in the UNIX
environment and controls which client machines are allowed access to the NAS
server, regardless of the user. The allowed clients are specified by a list of IP
addresses or hostnames representing those machines. Host access controls access
by machine, not user.