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NFS client retains read-write access despite restrictive export-policy rule

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFSv3
  • Export-policy

Issue

  • The export policy rule is configured with read-only (RO) intent
  • The NFS client 192.168.0.4 continues to have read-write (RW) access
  • The export policy contains multiple rules
  • Unmounting and remounting the export on the client does not change the access behavior

Example:
Vserver: svm01
Policy Name: policy01
Rule Index: 1
Access Protocol: any

List of Client Match Hostnames, IP Addresses, Netgroups, or Domains:
192.168.0.1,192.168.0.2,192.168.0.3

RO Access Rule: any
RW Access Rule: any
User ID To Which Anonymous Users Are Mapped: 0
Superuser Security Types: none
Honor SetUID Bits in SETATTR: true
Allow Creation of Devices: true

Vserver: svm01
Policy Name: policy01
Rule Index: 2
Access Protocol: any

List of Client Match Hostnames, IP Addresses, Netgroups, or Domains:
192.168.0.4

RO Access Rule: any
RW Access Rule: never
User ID To Which Anonymous Users Are Mapped: 65534
Superuser Security Types: none
Honor SetUID Bits in SETATTR: true
Allow Creation of Devices: true

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