Setting up home directories
You can set the home directory for the specified user with the CIFS> homedir set command. If the home directory does not exist for the specified user, the CIFS> homedir set command creates that user's home directory.
Use the Storage> quota cifshomedir set command to set the quota value for the specified user. Otherwise, the value set from the Storage> quota cifshomedir setdefault command is used to configure the quota limit. If either the user or default quota is not set, 0 is used as the default value for the unlimited quota.
Once the global quota value is specified, the value applies to the automatically created homedir. For example, if you set the global quota value to Storage> quota cifshomedir setdefault 100M, and you then create a new homedir in Windows, then the 100M quota value is assigned to that homedir.
To set the home directory for the specified user
- To set the home directory for the specified user, enter the following:
CIFS> homedir set username [domainname] [fsname]
username
The name of the CIFS user. If a CIFS user name includes a space, enter the user name with double quotes.
domainname
The domain for the new home directory.
fsname
The home directory file system where the user's home directory is created. If no file system is specified, the user's home directory is created on the home directory file system that has the fewest home directories.
- To find the current settings for a home directory, enter the following:
CIFS> homedir show [username] [domainname]
username
The name of the CIFS user. If a CIFS user name includes a space, enter the user name with double quotes.
domainname
The Active Directory/Windows NT domain name or specify local for the Access Appliance local user local.
- To find the current settings for all home directories, enter the following:
CIFS> homedir show
Because the CIFS> homedir show command takes a long time when there are more than 1000 CIFS home directories to display, you will be prompted if you want to continue displaying CIFS home directories or not.
When you connect to your home directory for the first time, and if the home directory has not already been created, Access Appliance selects one of the available home directory file systems and creates the home directory there. The file system is selected in a way that tries to keep the number of home directories balanced across all available home directory file systems. The automatic creation of a home directory does not require any commands, and is transparent to both the users and the Access Appliance administrators.
The quota limits the amount of disk space you can allocate for the files in a home directory.
You can set the same quota value for all home directories using the Storage> quota cifshomedir setall command.