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Security Recommendations in a mostly OS X network
I am looking for recommendations for file protocols and security for my new NAS. I figure I should start out on the right foot from the beginning. I used to not have any security (beyond a secure ne...
Thanks xeltros!
If the ReadyNAS deployment will happen in a (only Apple based) network where each Apple Clients logs into an Apple Server (which manages users/groups and so permissions over folders it shares through its AFP) then the question is: in which way ReadyNAS can cope with the Users/Groups permissions defined at Apple Server level? AFAIK ReadyNAS can't "join" the Apple Server OpenDirectory like it happens when it's forced to join an Microsoft Active Directory Server (thus staying synchronized with Active Directory users/groups list and their credentials).
Have we to (re)create on the ReadyNAS all users and groups (with same ID) exactly as they are on the Apple Server to then apply necessary ACL based on their credentials to the various network shares shared through AFP (or NFS) or what?
Maybe the scenario could be simple if the ReadyNAS is not used by Apple Clients directly but it's only used to backup from the Apple Server its various folders of data (hoping the backup preserves the permissions on folders/files backed up from the server).
If the ReadyNAS deployment will happen in a (only Apple based) network where each Apple Clients logs into an Apple Server (which manages users/groups and so permissions over folders it shares through its AFP) then the question is: in which way ReadyNAS can cope with the Users/Groups permissions defined at Apple Server level? AFAIK ReadyNAS can't "join" the Apple Server OpenDirectory like it happens when it's forced to join an Microsoft Active Directory Server (thus staying synchronized with Active Directory users/groups list and their credentials).
Have we to (re)create on the ReadyNAS all users and groups (with same ID) exactly as they are on the Apple Server to then apply necessary ACL based on their credentials to the various network shares shared through AFP (or NFS) or what?
Maybe the scenario could be simple if the ReadyNAS is not used by Apple Clients directly but it's only used to backup from the Apple Server its various folders of data (hoping the backup preserves the permissions on folders/files backed up from the server).
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