Administrator Guide

To assign other users access to an SMB share, you must log in to the SMB share using one of these administrator accounts and set
access permissions and ownership of the SMB share.
Share-Level Permissions
The default share-level permissions (SLP) for a new share is full control for authenticated users. This control can be modied either:
• Using the MMC tool
• In the Storage Manager Security tab of the Edit Settings panel
Conguring SMB Shares
View, add, modify, and delete SMB shares.
View All SMB Shares on the FluidFS Cluster
View all current SMB shares for the FluidFS cluster.
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select SMB Shares.
The SMB Shares panel displays the current shares.
View SMB Shares on a NAS Volume
View the current SMB shares for a NAS volume.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes , and select a NAS volume.
4. Click the SMB Shares tab.
The SMB Shares panel displays the current shares.
Create an SMB Share
Create an SMB share to share a directory in a NAS volume using the SMB protocol. When an SMB share is created, default values
are applied for some settings. To change the defaults, you must modify the SMB share.
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select SMB Shares.
4. In the SMB Shares panel, click Create SMB share.
The Select NAS Volume dialog box opens.
5. Select a NAS volume on which to create an SMB share and click OK.
The Create SMB Share dialog box opens.
6. In the Share Name eld, type a name for the SMB share.
7. In the Path eld, specify the directory that you want to share:
NOTE: A share path must be less than 512 characters long. Fewer characters are accepted if the name is entered in
Unicode, because Unicode characters take up a variable amount of bytes, depending on the specic character.
• To share the root of the NAS volume, leave the Path eld set to the default value of /.
• To specify an existing directory to share, type the path to the directory in the Path eld.
• To browse to an existing directory to share:
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FluidFS NAS Volumes, Shares, and Exports