Administrator Guide

Click Select Folder. The Select Folder dialog box opens and displays the top-level folders for the NAS volume. Locate the
folder to share, select the folder, and 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 specify a new directory to share, type the path to the directory to create in the Path eld and select the Create Folder If
It Does Not Exist checkbox.
• To browse existing directories and create a new directory to share:
Click Select Folder. The Select Folder dialog box opens and displays the top-level folders for the NAS volume. Navigate to
the folder in which to create the new folder and click Create Folder. The Create Folder dialog box opens. In the Folder
Name eld, type a name for the folder, then click OK to close the Create Folder dialog box. Select the new folder and 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.
8. (Optional) Congure the remaining SMB share attributes as needed. These options are described in the online help.
• Type descriptive text for the benet of administrators in the Notes eld. This text is not displayed to SMB clients.
• To prevent clients accessing the share from being able to view the names of folders and les in the share to which they do
not have access, select the Access Based Enumeration checkbox.
9. Click OK.
Delete an SMB Share
If you delete an SMB share, the data in the shared directory is no longer shared but it is not removed.
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, select an SMB share and click Delete.
The Delete dialog box opens.
5. Click OK.
Set Share-Level Permissions for an SMB Share
Administrators can set initial permissions for an SMB share without having to log in to the share using Windows and setting the
folder security properties.
About this task
This procedure grants users share-level permission (full control, modify, or read) for an SMB share.
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, select an SMB share and click Edit Settings.
The Edit Settings dialog box opens.
5. Click Share Security.
The Edit SMB Share Settings dialog box opens.
6. Click the Add, Edit, or Remove link below the permissions table.
The Select Account dialog box opens.
7. Provide the required information and then click OK.
Enable or Disable Access-Based Share Enumeration for an SMB Share
When SLP access-based share enumeration is enabled, if a particular user or group does not have share-level permissions for a
specic SMB share, the SMB share and its folders and les will not be visible to the user or group. When SLP access-based share
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