Creating a CIFS Share

Procedure

1. Choose Resources > Resources > Namespace > Namespace.
2. Select the desired account from the Account drop-down list in the upper left corner.
3. Click More on the right of the desired namespace and select Create CIFS Share.

   The Create CIFS Share page is displayed.

4. Set the name of the CIFS share.
   

   • The name must be unique.
   • The name cannot contain characters " / \ [ ] : | < > + ; , ? * =, and cannot be ipc$, autohome, ~, or print$ reserved by the system.
   • The name contains 1 to 80 characters.

5. Set advanced properties of the CIFS share. Click Advanced and set the description of the CFIS share.
   

   The description can be left blank or contain up to 255 characters.

6. Select users or user groups that can access the CIFS share.
   1. In the Permission area, click Add.

      The Add User or User Group page is displayed.

   2. Select the type of the users or user groups.

      The value can be Everyone, Local Windows authentication user, Local Windows authentication user group, AD domain user, or AD domain user group.

      • If you select Local Windows authentication user or Local Windows authentication user group, select the users or user groups to be added from the list.
      • If you select AD domain user or AD domain user group, enter the names of the users or user groups in Name.
        

        • A domain user name is in the format of Domain name\Domain user name and a domain user group name is in the format of Domain name\Domain user group name.
        • 1 to 256 characters are allowed.
        • Multiple names are separated by carriage returns.
   3. In Permission Level, select the permission granted for the users or user groups.

      Table 1 describes related permissions.

      Table 1 CIFS share permissions

      Permission	Forbidden	Read-Only	Read/Write	Full Control
      Viewing files and subdirectories	Xa	√b	√	√
      Viewing file contents	X	√	√	√
      Running executable files	X	√	√	√
      Adding files or subdirectories	X	-c	√	√
      Modifying file contents	X	-	√	√
      Deleting files and subdirectories	X	-	√	√
      Renaming	X	-	√	√
      Changing ACL permissions of files or directories	X	-	-	√
      a: Users do not have the permission. b: Users have the permission. c: The specified permission is not involved.

   4. Click OK.

      The system adds the selected users or user groups to the Permission list.

7. Click OK.