Configuring your filer for CIFS

When cifs setup is run

When you have a valid CIFS license, cifs setup is automatically invoked upon completion of the Setup Wizard or the setup script. You can also start the cifs setup script by entering cifs setup on the Data ONTAP command line.

Configuring filers for CIFS

To add the filer to an Active Directory environment, the cifs setup script creates and joins the filer's computer account to an Active Directory domain. This requires you to assign permissions on certain domain objects. If your security structure does not allow you to assign the permissions described in Step 2 of the following procedure, see Precreating a Filer Domain Account in Active Directory (Optional).

Complete the following steps to configure your filer for CIFS.

Step	Action
1	Determine whether you want to precreate an Active Directory Domain account for the filer, as described on the following page. If yes, follow that procedure. If no, go on to Step 2.
2	For Active Directory environments only: In the Active Directory Users and Computers tree, select the Organizational Unit (OU). On the OU, assign the following permissions for the filer administrator account: Change Password, Write Public Information, and Create Computer Objects.
3	Enter the `cifs setup` command and use the information you gathered to answer questions posed by the prompts. See Chapter 2, Information Gathering.