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Using options to customize CIFS servers

You can use options to customize CIFS servers, for example, to configure the default Linux user. At the advanced privilege level, you can also enable or disable local Windows users and groups and local Windows user authentication, automatic node referrals and remote copy offload, export policies for SMB access, and other options.

  • Available SMB server options
    It is useful to know what options are available when considering how to customize the SMB/CIFS server. Although some options are for general use on the SMB server, several are used to enable and configure specific SMB functionality. SMB server options are controlled with the vserver cifs options modify option.
  • Configuring CIFS server options
    You can configure CIFS server options at any time after you have created a CIFS server on a storage virtual machine (SVM)
  • Configuring the grant Linux group permission to CIFS users
    You can configure this option to grant group permissions to access files or directories even if the incoming CIFS user is not the owner of the file.
  • Configuring access restrictions for anonymous users
    By default, an anonymous, unauthenticated user (also known as the null user) can access certain information on the network. You can use a CIFS server option to configure access restrictions for the anonymous user.
  • Managing how file security is presented to SMB clients for UNIX security-style data
    You can choose how you want to present file security to SMB clients for UNIX security-style data by enabling or disabling the presentation of NTFS ACLs to SMB clients. There are advantages with each setting, which you should understand to choose the setting best suited for your business requirements.