Managing CIFS shares

To modify a share, complete the following steps:

1. Select the share you want to modify and click Modify.

2. If you have selected the wrong share, in the Modify Share field, select from the drop-down list the share you want to modify.

3. Make any modifications to the fields that you need.

4. When you are finished, click Apply.

Caution: You can delete a share only if client applications have no open files in the share you want to delete. Always check the active CIFS sessions before you delete a share. Inform all your CIFS clients using the filer that this share will be removed.

To delete a share, complete the following steps:

1. Select the share you want to delete and click Delete.

2. Click OK when the Confirmation dialog box is displayed.

To change a share's access, complete the following steps:

1. Select the share you want to change access for and click Change Access.
   
   Result: The Change Access page is displayed.

If you want to change the access permission of a share

1. In the Permissions field select from the drop-down list the type of permission you want to have for the specific share.

2. When you are finished, click Apply.

If you want to delete the current access permission of a share

1. Select which share you want to delete access to and click Delete.
   
   Result: A dialog box is displayed asking if you want to delete the access to the specific share.

2. Click OK to delete access to the share.

To have two separate groups accessing a share, both groups with different access rights, complete the following steps:

1. Create two new shares for the same directory, one for each group, using the Add Share option.

2. Establish the particular rights you want for each group on each share.

To add access control entries to a share, complete the following steps:

1. From the Manage CIFS Shares page, click Modify next to the share for which you want to add an access control entry.  
   
   Result: The Modify a CIFS Share page is displayed.

2. In the User/Group field, enter a user name or an existing UNIX group name to be added to this ACL for this share.

Note: If the group name contains a space, enclose the name within quotation marks, for example, "Domain Admins".

3. In the Search UNIX Groups Only field, select the field only if you want to add UNIX groups to constitute a control search.

4. In the Permissions field, select from the drop-down list the type of permission control you want for this ACL.

5. When you are finished, click Apply.