Controlling client and user access, Controlling access to folders on volumes – Apple Xsan 1.4 User Manual

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Chapter 4

Managing Clients and Users

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Controlling Client and User Access

You can control access to information on SAN volumes at several levels:

 You can restrict user access to folders on a volume by specifying owner, group, and

general access permissions using the Finder (folder level).

 You can restrict user access to folders on a volume or the entire volume using access

control lists in Mac OS X Server’s Workgroup Manager (folder/volume level).

 You can unmount a SAN volume from selected client computers (volume level).

 You can restrict a client computer to read-only access to a volume (volume level).

 You can remove a client from a SAN (SAN level).

Controlling Access to Folders on Volumes

To restrict user access to specific folders on a SAN volume, assign access permissions to

the folder.

To assign folder access permissions:

1

Make sure the volume is started and mounted on the controller.

To start a volume, select it and click Start Volume. To mount it, select the volume, click

Clients, select the controller, and click Mount Read & Write.

2

In Xsan Admin, select the volume that contains the folder, and click Affinities.

Volumes are listed in the SAN Components list under the SAN to which they belong.

3

Select the folder in the list and specify permissions at the bottom of the window.

4

Click Save.

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