Disconnecting selected clients

Disconnecting selected clients with Server Manager

To disable CIFS service for selected clients from Server Manager, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Select your filer from Server Manager.
2	Disconnect users from the filer as you would on a Windows NT server. Example In the following figure, clicking Disconnect disconnects the selected client. Clicking Disconnect All disconnects all users. Result The selected clients are disconnected from the filer. However, the filer continues to run CIFS.

Step

Action

Select your filer from Server Manager.

Disconnect users from the filer as you would on a Windows NT server.

Example

In the following figure, clicking Disconnect disconnects the selected client. Clicking Disconnect All disconnects all users.

Result

The selected clients are disconnected from the filer. However, the filer continues to run CIFS.

Disconnecting a selected user from the command line

To disconnect a CIFS client from the Data ONTAP command line, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command to display a list of connected clients: cifs sessions *
2	Enter the following command to disconnect a client: *cifs terminate client_name* [ [-t] time ]** client_name is the name of the workstation that you want to disconnect from the filer. time is the number of minutes before the client is disconnected from the filer. Entering 0 disconnects the client immediately. Note If you do not specify time and Data ONTAP detects an open file with the client, Data ONTAP prompts you for the number of minutes it should wait before it disconnects the client. Example cifs terminate jsmith-pc -t 5 Result Data ONTAP sends a message to the workstation named jsmith-pc, notifying the user of the impending disconnection. Five minutes after you enter the command, jsmith-pc is disconnected from the filer.

Step

Action

Enter the following command to display a list of connected clients:

cifs sessions *

Enter the following command to disconnect a client:

cifs terminate client_name [ [-t] time ]

client_name is the name of the workstation that you want to disconnect from the filer.

time is the number of minutes before the client is disconnected from the filer. Entering 0 disconnects the client immediately.

Note
If you do not specify time and Data ONTAP detects an open file with the client, Data ONTAP prompts you for the number of minutes it should wait before it disconnects the client.

Example

cifs terminate jsmith-pc -t 5

Result

Data ONTAP sends a message to the workstation named jsmith-pc, notifying the user of the impending disconnection. Five minutes after you enter the command, jsmith-pc is disconnected from the filer.