Networking Guide
Chapter 12, Configuring the Network File System (NFS)

Setting anonymous access permissions

Setting anonymous access permissions

To set anonymous access permissions on exported filesystems:

  1. From the Export menu, select NFS, then select Add Export Configuration.

  2. Click on Anonymous Users.

  3. Select Allowed or Not Allowed in the Control Anonymous Access to Exported Filesystem menu.
If a request comes from an unknown user, the uid will be used as the effective user ID if the anon=uid option is enabled.


NOTE: root users (UID 0) are always considered unknown by the NFS server, unless they are included in the root option below. The default value for this option is -2. Setting anon to -1 disables anonymous access.

By default, NFS will accept insecure requests as anonymous, and those wishing for extra security can disable this feature by setting anon to -1.


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