Turning scanning on or off for read-only access for shares
Why you turn virus scanning off for read-only access for shares
You might want to turn virus scanning off in a share for users who are opening files for read-only access. This increases the speed of accessing the files. A share has virus scanning turned on by default.
How to turn virus scanning off for shares
To turn virus scanning off for read-only access to files in a specified share, complete the following step.
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Enter the following command:
cifs shares -change share_name -novscanread
share_name is the name of the share for which you want to turn off virus scanning.
Result
The application does not perform a virus scan when clients open files on this share for read access. The setting is persistent after reboot.
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How to turn virus scanning on for shares
To turn virus scanning on for read-only access for files in a specified share, complete the following step.
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Enter the following command:
cifs shares -change share_name -vscanread
share_name is the name of the share for which you want to turn on virus scanning.
Result
The application does a virus scan when clients open files on this share for read access. The setting is persistent after reboot.
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