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Using configuration files to maintain user information

Accessing the configuration files

No access from filer console  Top

You cannot access the contents of the /etc directory from the console of your filer. You must use an NFS or a CIFS client to access the configuration files.

Accessing the files from a Windows workstation  Top

To access the configuration files from a Windows workstation, complete the following steps.

Step

Action
1

Map a drive to the root of the default filer volume using the following Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path:

\\filername\C$

filername is the name of your filer.

If Windows prompts you for a user name and a password:

  • Use Administrator as the user name.
  • If you set up Data ONTAP to use a Windows NT domain controller to authenticate users, use the domain's administrator password.

    If you set up Data ONTAP to use the passwd file to authenticate users, use the administrator password that you entered when you ran setup.
2

Change to the /etc directory.

Accessing the files from a UNIX/NFS client  Top

To access the configuration files from a UNIX/NFS client, complete the following steps.

Step

Action
1

Mount the root of the default filer volume to the client's file system using the following path:

filername:/vol/vol0

filername is the name of your filer.
2

Change to the /etc directory.

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