Administrator Guide

Automatic Creation of Home Share Folders
Automatic creation of home share folders automatically creates folders for users when they log in for the rst time. The ownership of
the home share is automatically assigned to the user, and the domain administrator is automatically granted full access to the share.
About this task
This procedure enables the automatic creation of home share folders.
Steps
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 Edit SMB Home Share Settings.
The Set SMB Home Share dialog box opens.
5. Select the Enabled checkbox for the SMB Home Share option.
6. Select the Enabled checkbox for Create Folder.
7. Click OK.
Manual Creation of Home Share Folders
Manual creation of home share folders can be accomplished with a script (user-created), batch le, or PowerShell cmdlet that is
written by the storage administrator. Alternatively, the storage administrator can manually create these folders to provide stronger
access controls to the storage administrator. The storage administrator can decide whether some or all of the users will be given a
home share.
Managing ACLs on an SMB Share Folder
When a new share root folder is created from Storage Manager on NTFS and mixed security styles, the folder is assigned the default
ACL. You can view and modify the owner, SACL, and DACL for root folders of SMB shares using Storage Manager.
Congure SMB Home Shares
Enable SMB home shares to create a share for a client that is limited to that particular client.
1. Create an SMB share containing a user-based directory tree:
a. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
b. Click the File System tab.
c. In the File System view, select SMB Shares.
d. In the SMB Shares panel, click Edit SMB Home Share Settings.
The Set SMB Home Share dialog box opens.
e. Select the Enabled checkbox for the SMB Home Share option.
f. Click Change in the NAS Volume area.
The Select NAS Volume dialog box opens.
g. Select the NAS volume on which the SMB home shares are located and click OK.
h. In the Initial path eld, specify a folder that is the root of all the users’ folders (for example, /users).
NOTE: A folder name must be less than 100 characters long and cannot contain the following characters: >, ", \,
|, ?, and *
• To specify an existing folder, type the path to the folder in the Initial path eld.
• To browse for an existing folder:
Click Select Folder. The Select Folder dialog box opens and displays the top-level folders for the NAS volume. Locate
and select the folder, and then click OK.
– To drill down to a particular folder and view the subfolders, double-click the folder name.
– To view the parent folders of a particular folder, click Up.
• To browse existing directories and create a new folder:
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FluidFS NAS Volumes, Shares, and Exports