How to specify a filer's Windows name

Where Windows names are specified

You can use Windows names in some Data ONTAP commands and configuration files. The following examples show where you can specify Windows names:

As the argument to the cifs sessions command to display information about a Windows user
In the /etc/usermap.cfg file to map Windows names to UNIX names
In the /etc/quotas file to establish quotas for Windows users

Pre-Windows 2000 format

You can specify a Windows name in the pre-Windows 2000 format. In this format, the domain name is followed by a backslash and user name, for example, corp\john_smith.

Conversion from Windows 2000 format to pre-Windows 2000 format

You can specify the name of a Windows 2000 user in the pre-Windows 2000 format. When converting a Windows name to the pre-Windows 2000 format, remember these rules:

The user name must not exceed 20 characters.
The NetBIOS form of the domain name must be used.

Example

If john_smith@engineering.netapp.com is a Windows 2000 user, you can refer to this user as engineering\john_smith in Data ONTAP commands and configuration files.

Format for a local user account

You can set up local user accounts on the filer, as described in Understanding local user accounts. To specify a local user account, replace the domain name with the filer name in the pre-Windows 2000 format, for example, filer1\john_smith.

The \ character in user names

If you specify a UNIX user name with a backslash (\) in a configuration file, Data ONTAP treats the name as a Windows name. For example, UNIX names such as corp\john in the /etc/quotas file are interpreted as Windows names.

Rules for user names specific to certain commands or files

The only command in which you can specify user names using the user@domain format is the cifs setup command. There are also rules for specifying Windows names that are specific to particular configuration files. For additional information about those rules, see the sections relating to the particular configuration files.