Enabling clients to access UNIX files

This topic describes how to set up privileges and permissions to enable clients to access UNIX® filesets.

Prerequisites

You must have root privileges on a UNIX client to perform this task.

Context

This task only needs to be done once for each fileset.

New filesets are attached with a false user ID and group ID for security reasons. Also root squashing (when a root or Administrator user logs into a client that is not a privileged client) makes it seem as if the user has no access.

Steps

  1. Set the privileged client list.
    sfscli> addprivclient client_name
  2. Ensure that you are logged on to a UNIX client with root privileges.
  3. Change to the directory where the fileset is attached. This is the directory given to the –path parameter when the fileset was attached.
  4. Run the ls –l command to verify that the user ID, the group ID, and the permissions are not valid.
  5. Issue the chown command at the client prompt to change the owner of the directory.
  6. Issue the chgrp command at the client prompt to change the group ID of the directory.
  7. Issue the chmod command at the client prompt to change the permissions on the directory.

Parent topic: Managing clients

Related reference
addprivclient

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