
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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Managing Clients and Users
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