Root Directory Access

To set basic access control for the root directory of the filesystem, go to Shares > Shares > filesystem > Access. These settings can be managed in-band via whatever protocols are being used, but they can also be specified here for convenience. These properties cannot be changed on a read-only filesystem, as they require changing metadata for the root directory of the filesystem.

User - The owner of the root directory. This can be specified as a user ID or user name. For more information on mapping UNIX and Windows users, see Identity Mapping. For UNIX-based NFS access, this can be changed from the client using the chown command.
Group - The group of the root directory. This can be specified as a group ID or group name. For more information on mapping UNIX and Windows groups, see Identity Mapping. For UNIX-based NFS access, this can be changed from the client using the chgrp command.

Permissions - Standard UNIX permissions for the root directory. For UNIX-based NFS access, this can be changed from the client using the chmod command. The permissions are divided into three types.

Access Type	Description
User	User that is the current owner of the directory.
Group	Group that is the current group of the directory.
Other	All other accesses.

For each access type, the following permissions can be granted.

Type		Description
Read	R	Permission to list the contents of the directory.
Write	W	Permission to create files in the directory.*
Execute	X	Permission to look up entries in the directory. If users have execute permissions but not read permissions, they can access files explicitly by name but not list the contents of the directory.

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