DISTRIBUTED FILESYSTEM ACCESS

摘要

A system and method for providing access in a distributed f?lesystem. The disclosure describes systems and methods for providing access to f?lesystem objects in a distributed f?lesystem (DFS). In one implementation, access to f?lesystem objects in the DFS can be restricted to only authenticated users and client devices. To this end, the client devices of the DFS can be divided into trusted and non-trusted clients, and further access can be denied to non-trusted clients. Concepts of trusted computing can be utilized to obtain trusted clients. New clients added to the system can be added as non-trusted clients. Further, access can be restricted by extending the file access permissions to include additional bits that can control access to non-trusted clients. In certain situations, the owner of the object can be allowed access to the object from a non-trusted client.