Displaying and changing share properties

Properties you can change

You can change the following share properties:

Description for the share
Maximum number of users who can simultaneously access the share
Share-level permissions

Displaying and changing share properties from the MMC

To display and change share properties from the MMC, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Connect to the storage system using the MMC as described in Connecting to the storage system using MMC.
2	Perform the following actions to display the properties of a share: Click Computer Management, if it is not selected already. Double-click System Tools > Shared Folders > Shares. In the right panel, right-click the share whose properties you want to display. Select Properties from the drop-down menu. Properties for the share you selected are displayed as shown in the following example.
3	If you want to change any property, make the appropriate change and click OK.

Step

Action

Connect to the storage system using the MMC as described in Connecting to the storage system using MMC.

Perform the following actions to display the properties of a share:

Click Computer Management, if it is not selected already.
Double-click System Tools > Shared Folders > Shares.
In the right panel, right-click the share whose properties you want to display.
Select Properties from the drop-down menu.
Properties for the share you selected are displayed as shown in the following example.

If you want to change any property, make the appropriate change and click OK.

Displaying and changing share properties from the Data ONTAP command line

To display and change share properties from the Data ONTAP command line, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: *cifs shares [sharename]* sharename is the name of a share you want to display. If you omit sharename, information about all shares is displayed. Result This command displays the share name, the path name of the directory that is shared, the share description, and the share-level ACL.
2	Enter the following command: cifs shares -change sharename {-comment desc \| -nocomment} {-maxusers userlimit \| -nomaxusers} {-forcegroup groupname \| -noforcegroup} {-widelink \| -nowidelink} {-symlink_strict_security \| -nosymlink_strict_security} {-vscan \| -novscan} {-vscanread \| -novscanread} {-umask mask \| -noumask {-no_caching \| -manual_caching \| -auto_document_caching \| -auto_program_caching} Specifying `-nocomment`, `-nomaxusers, -noforcegroup`, and `-noumask` removes the description, maximum number of users, forcegroup, and umask value, respectively.

Step

Action

Enter the following command:

cifs shares [sharename]

sharename is the name of a share you want to display. If you omit sharename, information about all shares is displayed.

Result

This command displays the share name, the path name of the directory that is shared, the share description, and the share-level ACL.

Enter the following command:

cifs shares -change sharename {-comment desc | 
-nocomment} {-maxusers userlimit | -nomaxusers} 
{-forcegroup groupname | -noforcegroup}

{-widelink | -nowidelink} {-symlink_strict_security | 
-nosymlink_strict_security} {-vscan | -novscan}

{-vscanread | -novscanread} {-umask mask | -noumask 
{-no_caching | -manual_caching | -auto_document_caching | 
-auto_program_caching}

Specifying -nocomment, -nomaxusers, -noforcegroup, and -noumask removes the description, maximum number of users, forcegroup, and umask value, respectively.