Applies to ONTAP 9 CIFS Description If allowed, when a user attempts to access a file, ONTAP does not check the traverse permission for the intermediate directories when determining whether to grant o...Applies to ONTAP 9 CIFS Description If allowed, when a user attempts to access a file, ONTAP does not check the traverse permission for the intermediate directories when determining whether to grant or deny access to the file. If disallowed, ONTAP checks the traverse (execute) permission for all directories in the path to the file. ONTAP allows bypass traverse checking by default. This article describes how to disable bypass traverse checking