Connection Details

Server Address

The network address of the NFS server – any network-reachable address is valid - IP Address / WINS / DNS

Shell Protocol

Select whether to use SSH (default) or Telnet when connecting to the server to gather local users & groups

Shell Port

The target remote port for SSH/Telnet connection (Default: 22)

Shell Username

The username for interactive shell login.

This field can contain:

  • NIS username
  • Local user’s UID
  • “root” (not recommended for security reasons)

Shell Password

The password to use when connecting to SSH/Telnet

NFS Version

Select from the dropdown list. (default: v3)

Authentication Type (for NFS version v4)

When you configure an NFSv4.1 server, this dropdown allows configuring the scheme of NFS authentication.

Select Unix for classic NFS authentication (using UID/GID) or Kerberos for NFSv4-style authentication (using RPCSEC_GSS over NFSv4.1).

Default value: Unix

NFSv3 supports only Unix authentication. NFSv4.1 supports both Unix and Kerberos authentication.

Username

When connecting to the NFS file server. This field can contain

  • NIS user name
  • Local user’s UID
  • “root” (not recommended for security reasons)

Group Name

When connecting to the NFS file server. This field can contain:

  • NIS group name
  • Local group’s GID
  • “root” (not recommended for security reasons)

For Kerberos authentication, fill in the following fields:

Server SPN

The NFS server’s service principle name as defined in your Active Directory (or other KDC). This value can be found in:

  • NFS server’s Computer Account in the Active Directory – under the servicePrincipleName attribute.
  • On the NFS server’s Unix/Linux machine, run the following commands:
    – ktutil
    – read_kt /etc/krb5.keytab
    – list

/etc/krb5.keytab is the default location of the keytab file,

but it may vary in your environment.

Domain Name

The NetBIOS domain name of the user when connecting to the NFS server

Username

When connecting to the NFS server

Password

The password when connecting to the NFS server

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