| Description | The administration host is a remote workstation from which you can administer the
filer. The host can be an NFS client or a Windows client. When you designate an administration host, the filer's root file system (/vol/vol0 by default) is accessible to the host through the NFS protocol and as a CIFS share. |
| Caution | If you do not enter the name of an administration host, the file systems are available to all hosts on the network. Users from any host can gain access to the filer's root file system and access the configuration files in the /etc directory. This could cause a security breech. |
| Note | If you do not enter the name of an administration host, you can make restricted access to the filer's root file system available to one or more hosts later by modifying the filer's NFS exports and CIFS shares. |