Cloud Storage Gateway V1.1.0 User's Guide

2.7.2 Settings When Accessing the NAS with the External Authentication User

When accessing the NAS with the external authentication user, perform the procedure in "2.7.2.1 NAS Authentication Server Settings".

2.7.2.1 NAS Authentication Server Settings

Setting Procedure

The procedure for registering a NAS authentication server in this product is described below.

• When Setting an NFS Authentication Server

  1. In CSG Web GUI, click [] on the global pane.

  2. The Settings dialog box is displayed.
     Click NAS access -> NAS authentication server on the left pane.

  3. The NAS authentication server screen is displayed on the right pane.
     Click Set NFS authentication servers in the Action on the right.

  4. The Set NFS authentication servers screen is displayed.
     On the left side of the screen, select the LDAP server that you want to register and then click [].
     Repeat this step for each server that you want to register.

  5. Click Done.

  6. In the NAS authentication server screen, confirm that the LDAP server you registered appears.

• When Setting an SMB Authentication Server

  1. In CSG Web GUI, click [] on the global pane.

  2. The Settings dialog box is displayed.
     Click NAS access -> NAS authentication server on the left pane.

  3. The NAS authentication server screen is displayed on the right pane.
     Click Set SMB authentication servers in the Action on the right.

  4. The Set SMB authentication servers screen is displayed.
     On the left side of the screen, select the AD server that you want to register and then click [].

  5. Click Done.

  6. In the NAS authentication server screen, confirm that the AD server you registered appears.

Point

You can select whether to use local authentication or external authentication for each protocol. For example, you can use external authentication for SMB and local authentication for NFS.

Input Items

• When Setting an NFS Authentication Server

  Item	Required?	Description
  LDAP server	Optional	Set an authentication server (LDAP server) to use with NFS. You can set up to 4 servers. If you register multiple LDAP servers, they are used for authentication in the order they are displayed in the NAS authentication server screen of CSG Web GUI. If no server is set, authentication is performed based on the NAS Access User Settings.

• When Setting an SMB Authentication Server

  Item	Required?	Description
  AD server	Optional	Set an authentication server (AD server) to use with SMB. You can set only 1 server. If no server is set, authentication is performed based on the NAS Access User Settings.