OK,
Firstly, Thanks for getting back to me, but your suggestion doesn't really solve the problem...
No I am not using VMware to connect. The client machine is running Solaris 10 which supports both NFSv3 and v4
As I believe I stated earlier, I am running the IX2 with UNSECURED SHARES. Security is Turned Off, No users or groups are defined.
I have enabled NFS on the protcol page.
I have set settings to "Allow ALL Client Users Full Access"
My invironmnet is limited, and not exposed to the internet, or a larger networked community, so security is not an issue.
The primary use of these devices, as regards the Unix servers, is for backup. This is accomplished via shell scripts, run as root on the Solaris client, that utilize automount. The scripts force the mounting of the shared directory by referncing it using the cd command in the form cd/net/hostname/directorypath.
This is a mechanism that has already been deployed, and in use for several years using earlier versions of the IX2.
Your note, from the manual, that"You cannot apply a rule to an unsecured Share." is clearly accurate, the share IS UNSECURED by design.
The conclusion that I must draw form your response is that, despite my desire to proceed with an unsecured environment, your latest version of the IX NAS software REQUIRES me to create a sucred environment in order to use NFS at all, regardless of wheather I want to or not.
I am concermed that if I do set up security and define users and/or groups just to make NFS usable, that I will
1.- Potentially create issues of access and password requirements for other non-NFS users, who hav no issues cuurrenttly wiith the other protocols in use (such as windows file sharing) and
2.- Will create additional, and ongoing, work for myself maintaining a security framework that I didn't need or want in the first place.
Your documentation does not suggest that NFS MUST BE a secured environmnet, only what I must do if I have a sucured environmnet
Do I have any alternative short of returning your product and finding a more flexable NAS solution?
Don