Applies to ONTAP 9 CIFS Issue Windows clients get intermittent issues accessing CIFS shares via DFS with the below error "\\xxxx\shares\cifs1" is not accessible. You might not have permission to use t...Applies to ONTAP 9 CIFS Issue Windows clients get intermittent issues accessing CIFS shares via DFS with the below error "\\xxxx\shares\cifs1" is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the Administrator of this Server to find out if you have access permission. Element not found. "
MAC OS Client 10.14, 10.15 Mac OS client attempted to connect to a DFS target that points to a subfolder under a CIFS share SMB access using the DFS path that points to the ONTAP share fails from a MA...MAC OS Client 10.14, 10.15 Mac OS client attempted to connect to a DFS target that points to a subfolder under a CIFS share SMB access using the DFS path that points to the ONTAP share fails from a MAC OS client (no files are displayed) SMB access using the direct path to the ONTAP share is successful from a MAC OS client (files are displayed and accessible) SMB access to the both paths from a Windows client is successful (files are displayed and accessible)
Applies to All versions of ONTAP Distributed File System (DFS) Answer ONTAP cannot act as a DFS root ONTAP is a DFS target only Additional Information Cannot access CIFS share and show the error: path...Applies to All versions of ONTAP Distributed File System (DFS) Answer ONTAP cannot act as a DFS root ONTAP is a DFS target only Additional Information Cannot access CIFS share and show the error: path not found DFS Namespaces overview TR-3771 Windows File Services Best Practices with NetApp Storage Systems
Applies to ONTAP 9.5 Mac OS X 10.15 Issue When a Mac OS X client attempt to connect to a DFS target which points to a folder in a CIFS share, which is not in the root of the share, the MAC client cann...Applies to ONTAP 9.5 Mac OS X 10.15 Issue When a Mac OS X client attempt to connect to a DFS target which points to a folder in a CIFS share, which is not in the root of the share, the MAC client cannot see any files or folders. When connecting to the root of the CIFS share directly, files and folders are visible.
