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vserver cifs users-and-groups local-group create

Create a local group

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description​

The vserver cifs users-and-groups local-group create command creates a local group and optionally sets the description of that local group. The group name must meet the following criteria:

  • The group name length must not exceed 256 characters.
  • The group name cannot be terminated by a period.
  • The group name cannot include commas.
  • The group name cannot include any of the following printable characters: ", /, \, [, ], :, |, <, >, +, =, ;, ?, *, @
  • The group name cannot include characters in the ASCII range 1-31, which are non-printable.

Parameters​

-vserver <vserver name> - Vserver
This specifies the name of the Vserver.
-group-name <CIFS name> - Group Name
This specifies the name of the local group.
[-description <TextNoCase>] - Description
This specifies a description for this local group. If the description contains a space, enclose the parameter in quotation marks.

Examples​

The following example creates a local group "CIFS_SERVER\g1" associated with Vserver "vs1". 

cluster1::> vserver cifs users-and-groups local-group create -vserver vs1 -group-name CIFS_SERVER\g1