Understanding share access permissions
An NFS server can specify, for each filesystem shared, which
client hosts or netgroups may mount that filesystem and whether
each specified client has read-write or
read-only permission when accessing that filesystem:
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``Read-write'' means users on the client machine may write to the
filesystem.
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``Read-only'' means users on the client machine may not write to the
filesystem.
Read-write and read-only permissions are usually granted in
combinations; for example, a calendar server may be viewed by
many read-only clients, but only a few read-write clients have
schedule permissions. The Filesystem Manager allows you to
specify permissions to All systems,
Selected systems, or None in these
combinations:
Read-only
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Read-Write
|
none
|
all
|
selected
|
none
|
all
|
none
|
all
|
selected
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When a specific client host is granted permissions, you can also
grant ``root-access'' for that host. This means root
users on specified client systems retain their root
privileges when accessing the remote
filesystem, while root users on other systems do not.
To grant client permissions, see
``Adding or modifying share configuration''.
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 22 April 2004