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Access to Shares through NFS and User Permissions
When you access your ix2 through NFS, the access permissions to content on the ix2 are controlled by
Host-Based Access Control rules on your client computer, not by user access permissions on your ix2.
This means that any valid user on the Linux computer who has access to the host (the storage device) can
access Shares on the ix2, even if not given specific user permission to those Shares on the device.
rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers
When you turn on this protocol, you can enable the ix2 Network Storage as an rsync server. When the ix2
is an rsync server, it can be used as a source and/or destination device for rsync Copy Jobs. Because of
the fast and efficient nature of rsync, an rsync Copy Job can be faster than a Windows File Sharing Copy
Job. For more information on Copy Jobs, refer to Backing Up Your ix2 .
If you enable the ix2 as an rsync server, you can optionally set up a user account on the ix2 for secure
rsync Copy Jobs.
Configuring rsync server settings
1. To enable rsync server, click the switch on.
2. To create a secure user account, check Configure secure rsync credentials.
3. The username is preset as rsync. You can change this to a more meaningful user account name.
Enter a password and confirm it for the rsync user account name. When you create a secure
rsync user account on the ix2, you allow other devices to securely copy to or from it.
4. By default, rsync uses TCP port 873 for accepting requests. You can change this value to a
different port number, if desired.
5. Click Apply to save your settings.
To change any rsync server settings, click . You cannot enable rsync server if you have
already enabled SFTP.
TFTP
On the Protocols page, click the switch to turn on TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) and allow access to
your ix2 Network Storage. When you turn TFTP on, you can send files to your ix2 using FTP.
Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides information about the state of the ix2 Network
Storageto various administrative computers, known as managers. When the SNMP protocol is enabled on
a device, SNMP agent software on the device reports information to the managers, and an administrator
user can perform some configuration of the ix2 through the manager. Information that comes from the ix2 is
called a trap. Managers and the ix2 must be running on the same network.
SNMP should be disabled unless you are specifically providing information to a management system that
requires this information.
Configuring SNMP settings
1. To enable SNMP, click the switch on.
2. Enter a unique username and password to define the community.
Sharing Files
27 Using Protocols to Share Files