Access Lists
Access lists allow us to group machines together when specifying share options. In fact, we've just shown the most common method of using them: a list of individual host names, similar to that shown below:
server# share -F nfs -o ro=helium:lithium /file/to/share server#
An access list can be formatted in a number of other ways. These are shown in the table below. Any of the types in Table 18.5 can be used, so long as the list is colon-separated.
| Type | Used For | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Host name | List of individual hosts | lithium |
| Netgroup | Name of an NIS netgroup map | some_machines |
| Network | Network name or IP address, identified by an “@” | @192.168.22 |
| DNS | Machines in a specific domain, identified by a “.” | .sun.com |
| (Deny access) | Deny access ... |
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