Displaying and changing share properties

Displaying and changing share properties from Server Manager

To display and change share properties from Server Manager, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Select your filer from Server Manager.
2	Display and change share properties as you would for a Windows NT server. Example The following figure shows properties of a share named "specs". The comment and the number of allowed users have been changed.

Step

Action

Select your filer from Server Manager.

Display and change share properties as you would for a Windows NT server.

Example

The following figure shows properties of a share named "specs". The comment and the number of allowed users have been changed.

Displaying and changing share properties from the Data ONTAP command line

To display and change share properties from the Data ONTAP command line, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: *cifs shares [ sharename* ]** sharename is the name of a share you want to display. If you omit sharename, information about all shares is displayed. Result This command displays the share name, the path name of the directory that is shared, the share description, and the share-level ACL.
2	Enter the following command: cifs shares -change sharename { -comment desc \| -nocomment } { -maxusers userlimit \| -nomaxusers } { -forcegroup groupname \| -noforcegroup } { -widelink \| -nowidelink } { -symlink_strict_security \| -nosymlink_strict_security } { -vscan \| -novscan } { -vscanread \| -novscanread } { -umask mask \| -noumask } { -no_caching \| -manual_caching \| -auto_document_caching \| -auto_program_caching } Specifying `-nocomment`, `-nomaxusers, -noforcegroup`, and `-noumask` removes the description, maximum number of users, forcegroup, and umask value, respectively.

Step

Action

Enter the following command:

cifs shares [ sharename ]

sharename is the name of a share you want to display. If you omit sharename, information about all shares is displayed.

Result

This command displays the share name, the path name of the directory that is shared, the share description, and the share-level ACL.

Enter the following command:

cifs shares -change sharename { -comment desc | 

-nocomment } { -maxusers userlimit | -nomaxusers } 
{ -forcegroup groupname | -noforcegroup }

{ -widelink | -nowidelink } { -symlink_strict_security | 
-nosymlink_strict_security } { -vscan | -novscan }

{ -vscanread | -novscanread } { -umask mask | -noumask } 
{ -no_caching | -manual_caching | -auto_document_caching 
| -auto_program_caching }

Specifying -nocomment, -nomaxusers, -noforcegroup, and -noumask removes the description, maximum number of users, forcegroup, and umask value, respectively.