Unified file and object access in IBM Spectrum Scale

Unified file and object access allows use cases where you can access data using object as well as file interfaces. Use the following information to manage unified file and object access including identity management modes for unified file and object access, authentication for unified file and object access, and objectization service schedule.

Important: In a unified file and object access environment, when objects are accessed from the object interface, file ACLs are not honored and vice versa.

For example: If user Bob ingests a file from the SMB interface and user Alice does not have access to that file from the SMB interface, it does not mean that Alice does not have access to the file from the object interface. The access rights of Alice for that file or object from the object interface depends on the ACL defined for Alice on the container in which that file or object resides.