SMB/CIFS users getting access denied and seeing Nblade.cifsMaxOpenSameFile error in ONTAP
Applies to
- Data ONTAP 8
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS/SMB
Issue
- Users with sufficient permissions get the "Access Denied" error when trying to access certain files.
- Nblade.cifsMaxOpenSameFile error is seen in the ONTAP log, referencing client IP on which "Access Denied" errors are seen.