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Tips for Specific Network Environments

34 Snap Server Administrator Guide

By default, the Snap Server is configured as part of Workgroup. You can reconfigure

the server for a different workgroup or domain through Quick Configure or

Network Settings (see “Using the Administration Menu” on page 30).

If you configure your Snap Server to use Microsoft Windows domain security (as

described in “Configuring Microsoft Windows Domain Security” on page 22), you

do not need to set up all your network users as local Snap Server users.

UNIX NFS Networks

The Snap Server supports version 2.0 and 3.0 of the NFS protocol. The Snap Server

preserves the case of file names but is case insensitive when comparing file names.

Therefore, the server cannot have two files with the same name.

For example, a file saved as “FOO”, another saved as “Foo”, and a third saved as

“foo” are considered the same file to the server.

A network share on a Snap Server is equivalent to an exported file system on an NFS

server. NFS users can mount Snap Server shares and access their content directly or

mount a subdirectory of a share. They can use dynamic mounting (with auto-mount)

or static mounting (with automatic remount when the server restarts after being

shut down). To perform a static mount, you must be logged into your UNIX system

as root. Mount a Snap Server exported file system with the following commands:

mount snap_server:/share_name /local_dir

where snap_server is the Snap Server name or IP address, share_name is the name

of the exported file system, and

local_dir is the local directory to which the file

system is mounted. Note the space inserted after the mount name. Below are two

examples of a mount:

mount snap30286:/share1 /workdir

mount 192.168.1.1:/share1 /workdir

The Snap Server uses mount points (network shares) to control access. Files and

directories (folders) accessible through the mount point have the access rights of the

network share combined with any file and folder security.

You can configure Snap Server users and grant them rights for selected network

shares. (Snap Server user names, such as ROOT and GUEST, are not case-sensitive.)

You can then associate user accounts from one or more UNIX systems to a Snap

Server user.

To configure NFS users first click

Users on the Security menu and then click New to

create a new, local user. (For more information about local users, see “Defining

Snap Server Users” on page 21.) Select the user you created and then click

NFS. On

the NFS Settings for User page, click

New. On the New NFS Settings for User page,

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