Configuring SnapDrive pass-through authentication

If you are using RPC authentication, you must ensure that pass-through authentication is configured correctly for SnapDrive for Windows on both the Windows host and on the storage system.

Before you begin

Steps

1. Create a user account on the storage system by entering the following command: useradmin user add user_name -g group

   user_name is the name of the SnapDrive user.

   -g is the option you use to specify a user group.

   group is the name of the group to which you want to add the new user.

   Example

   The following example adds a user called "snapdrive" to the BUILTIN\Administrators group on the storage system: useradmin user add snapdrive -g Administrators

   Note: You will need to provide this user name in a later step in this procedure. Therefore, make a note of the user name, including the letter case (lowercase or uppercase) of each character in the user name.

2. Enter a password, when prompted to do so, for the user account you are creating. You are prompted to enter the password twice.
   Note: You need to provide this exact password in a later step in this procedure, so make a note of the password, including the letter case.

3. Check to ensure that the user account you just created belongs to the local administrator's group on the storage system by entering the following command: useradmin user list

   For additional information, see the section about creating local groups on the storage system in the Data ONTAP File Access and Protocols Management Guide.

4. On each Windows host that needs access to the storage system, create a local user account with administrative rights on the host, using the same user name and password that you specified in Step 1 and Step 2.
   Note: Set up the local user account so that the password for the account never expires.

   For detailed instructions on how to create local user accounts, see your Windows documentation.

5. If you are using Windows Server 2008, set the SnapDrive service on each host to use the local user account you created in Step 4.