Manage Client Access to File Storage Resources POWERSTORE-OPERATE Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   An administrator is configuring an SMB share on PowerStore and needs to specify which directory on the file system will be shared. Which parameter should be set?

   • AMount point
   • BAccess zone
   • CExport
   • DPath
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2. 7application · medium

   An organization uses Active Directory for user authentication. They create an SMB share on PowerStore for the finance department. The share must be accessible only to members of the 'Finance' AD group, and they must have full control. The administrator has already created the share and set the share-level permission to 'Full Control' for the Finance group. What additional step is required to ensure the group's access is enforced?

   • AEnable SMB signing on the share
   • BAdd the Finance group to the local administrators group on the NAS
   • CSet the NTFS ACL on the underlying file system to grant Full Control to the Finance group
   • DRemove the Everyone group from the share-level permissions
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4. 8expert · medium

   A Windows user reports that they cannot access an SMB share on PowerStore. The administrator checks the share permissions and sees that the user's group has 'Full Control'. The NTFS ACLs on the folder also grant 'Full Control' to the group. However, the user still gets 'Access Denied'. What could be the cause?

   • AThe user's account is locked out or disabled in Active Directory
   • BThe NAS is not joined to the Active Directory domain
   • CThe user is trying to access the share via NFS instead of SMB
   • DThe share is hidden and the user is trying to access it via the wrong path
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5. 9application · medium

   A media company runs a render farm of Linux workstations that need to mount a PowerStore NAS export. The security team requires that root on the clients be mapped to the anonymous user for all writes, but normal users must keep their own UID/GID mapping. Which NFS export setting should the administrator configure?

   • ASet the export to read-only
   • BEnable secure NFS (Kerberos)
   • CDisable root squash
   • DEnable root squash
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6. 10application · medium

   A research lab uses PowerStore to provide NFS storage to a cluster of Linux servers. The servers need to mount the same export with read-write access, but the lab wants to prevent any client from creating files with root ownership. The administrator has already created the export with the default access policy. What should the administrator do to meet the requirement?

   • AAdd the client IPs to the export's access policy
   • BUse Kerberos authentication for the export
   • CEnable root squash on the export
   • DSet the export to read-only
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