Contents of the /etc directory

The /etc directory containing configuration files

The root directory contains an /etc directory in which the filer configuration files are stored. You can modify the configuration files from the administration host.

Descriptions of configuration files

The following table describes the files in the /etc directory. Some of the configuration files might not exist on your filer if you use the filer for CIFS or NFS only.

File name	Contents
Files used by CIFS, (PC)NFS, and NFS
hosts	Known hosts and their IP addresses
hosts.equiv	Trusted hosts and users for `rsh`
nsswitch.conf	The order in which the filer contacts name services
quotas	Stored user and group quota specifications
rc	Script of commands to be executed when the filer is initializing
usermap.cfg	Map of Windows user names to UNIX user names
Files used only by CIFS
.cifs.dat	Domain information (only if the filer is a member of a domain)
cifsconfig.cfg	CIFS commands that the filer used for configuration The filer maintains this file automatically whenever you enter a `cifs` command, which can cause changes you make manually to be lost.
group	CIFS group names, GIDs (group identification numbers), and members' names Not used if you use NIS to authenticate groups
Files used by CIFS, (PC)NFS, and FTP
passwd	Users' names, UIDs (user identification numbers), and primary GIDs Not used if you use NIS to authenticate users
Files used only by NFS
exports	NFS export points
netgroup	Network groups

Character coding of /etc/usermap.cfg and /etc/quotas

The /etc/usermap.cfg and /etc/quotas files support two types of encoding: Unicode and root volume UNIX encoding. As a result, you can edit the files from either a PC or a UNIX workstation. Data ONTAP can detect whether a file was edited and saved by a Unicode-capable editor, such as Notepad. If so, Data ONTAP considers all entries in the file to be in Unicode. Otherwise, Data ONTAP considers the entries to be in the root volume UNIX encoding. SGML entities are allowed in either encoding.