Creating a CIFS Share

Procedure

1. Choose Services > File Service > Share > CIFS Share.
2. Click Create.

   The Create CIFS Share page is displayed on the right.

3. Set basic CIFS share parameters.

   Table 1 describes related parameters.

   Table 1 Basic CIFS share parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Share Name	Indicates the name of the CIFS share, which is used by users to access shared resources. [Value range] The name must be unique. The name cannot contain characters " / \ [ ] : | < > + ; , ? * =. The name cannot be ipc$, autohome, ~, or print$ reserved by the system. The name contains 1 to 80 characters.
   File System	Indicates the file system for which you want to create a CIFS share. NOTE: If the selected file system is the secondary resource in a remote replication pair, data in the file system is probably being modified when it is accessed. Before performing this operation, confirm that the application allows possible data inconsistency.
   Dtree	Indicates the dtree for which you want to create a CIFS share. If you do not select a dtree, the CIFS share is created for the entire file system.

4. 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.

5. Select user 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, AD domain user, or AD domain user group.

      • If you select Local Windows authentication user, select the users 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.
        • You can also enter multiple names separated by carriage returns.
   3. In Permission, select the permission granted for the users or user groups.

      Table 2 describes the permissions.

      Table 2 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.

6. Click OK.