Lest we all forget.....NFSv4?
Solaris 10 has it, Mnay version of Linux has it.
Granted I have done very limited testing, but I am able to set and control ACLs using getfacl and setfacl under solaris and linux.
What is nice is that the ACL is obeyed by nfsv3 clients as well. I bet a lucky side-effect.
This "common" ACL support sure looks like it will beat mixed-mode.
When I worked for NTAP, I encouraged as many as possible not to use mixed mode unless they were very sure about what each and every action could do to file perms.
--tmac
Maglinger, Paul wrote:
Personally, although we run mixed-mode as a necessary evil, it is one of the most challenging tasks I have running the filer. I do wish they'd improve it.
Just my 2 cents...
*From:* owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] *On Behalf Of *Glenn Dekhayser *Sent:* Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:54 *To:* JONES P.S.; Tracy Russell; toasters@mathworks.com *Subject:* RE: Mixed Mode
In my 10+ years of dealing with Netapp, I have never known them to remove a feature from OnTAP, and can't imagine them starting now- especially one used by thousands of installations today. Perhaps your users misunderstood what they heard in training? A trainer would also never disclose that kind of information in that forum as presumably not everyone in the room would be under NDA, and that kind of information, if true (and I suspect not) would be confidential.
*From:* owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] *On Behalf Of *JONES P.S. *Sent:* Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:13 AM *To:* Tracy Russell; toasters@mathworks.com *Subject:* RE: Mixed Mode
I trust this is an individual's surmise and no more. I have not heard of this remote possibility in any shape or form. We rely absolutely on mixed mode presentation to our users; its one of the keystone elements of our single authentication, single filestore architecture. Losing this would be too much to contemplate.
Paul Jones, B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D. - Head of Systems Services, Information Technology Service, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE Email: p.s.jones@durham.ac.uk Phone/Fax: 0191 334 2749/2701
*From:* owner-toasters@mathworks.com on behalf of Tracy Russell *Sent:* Wed 3/15/2006 2:19 PM *To:* toasters@mathworks.com *Subject:* Mixed Mode
Does anyone know the future of the security mode -- "mixed mode"? Several co-workers returned from NetApp training stating that this particular mode is not encouraged and may be dropped in the not too distant future from NetApp support.
Has anyone else heard this or can confirm this to any degree? We are about to set up a new Filer and I'm trying to decide what to do with a volume that is currently configured for mixed mode security on an old Filer.
If anyone has experiences changes from mixed mode to either all CIFS or NFS, I'd appreciate their inputs as well.
Thanks.
Tracy