Setting share properties
After a file system is exported as a CIFS share, you can change one or more share options. This is done using the same share add command, giving the name of an existing share and the name of the file system exported with this share. Access Appliance will realize the given share has already been exported and that it is only required to change the values of the share options.
For example, to export the file system fs1 with the name share1, enter the following:
CIFS> share add fs1 share1 "owner=administrator,group=domain users,rw" CIFS> share show
To export a file system
- Export a file system, enter the following:
CIFS> share add filesystem sharename \ [@virtual_ip] [cifsoptions]
filesystem | A Access Appliance file system that you want to export as a CIFS share. The given file system must not be currently used for storing the home directory shares. The file system or directory path should always start with the file
system name, not with the file system mount point |
sharename | The name for the newly-exported share. Names of the Access Appliance shares can consist of the following characters: lower and uppercase letters "a" - "z" and "A" - "Z," numbers "0" - "9" and special characters: "_" and "-". ( "-" cannot be used as the first character in a share name). Note: A share name cannot exceed 256 characters. |
@virtual_ip | Specifies an optional full identifier allowing a virtual IP to access the specified CIFS share. Access Appliance provides unified access to all shares through virtual IPs. Shares of this kind are called segregated shares. Their share name is of the type share@vip If a CIFS share is added with the @virtual_ip full identifier, the CIFS share is created by allowing only this virtual IP to access this CIFS share. CIFS> share show |
cifsoptions | A comma-separated list of CIFS export options. This part of the command is optional. If a CIFS export option is not provided, Access Appliance uses the default value. |
For example, an existing file system called FSA being exported as a share called ABC:
CIFS> share add FSA ABC rw,guest,owner=john,group=abcdev