Xsan 2 Administrator Guide - Restricting a Client to Read-Only Access

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Restricting a Client to Read-Only Access

To prevent a user on a client computer from modifying data on a SAN volume, you can
mount the volume on the client with read-only access.

Option-click to
mount volume
read-only.

Select the volume.

Select to view

computers that don’t have

a volume mounted.

To mount a volume with read-only access:

1

In Xsan Admin, select Mounts in the SAN Assets list.

2

Choose the volume from the Volume pop-up menu.

3

Select the client.

4

Option-click the Mount Read & Write button.

If the volume is already mounted on the client, Xsan Admin unmounts it and mounts it
again with read-only access.

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Chapter 5

Managing Clients and Users

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Chapter 5

Managing Clients and Users

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