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Are Local Users and Groups Supported for CIFS/SMB in ONTAP?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS/SMB

Answer

  • Local users and groups (LUG) is the ability to create user accounts that are local to a Vserver.
  • Authentication and Authorization can be done by using the local users and groups, usually in extreme situations.
  • LUG has been supported since Data ONTAP 8.2 and later.
  • How to enable LUG in Data ONTAP 8.2+ and ONTAP 9?
    • MAN: cifs users-and-groups
    • Enabling or disabling local users and groups:
      Cluster::>set advanced
      Cluster::*>vserver cifs options modify -vserver vserver_name -is-local-users-and-groups-enabled true/false
    • Enabling or disabling local user authentication:
      Cluster::*>vserver cifs options modify -vserver vserver_name -is-local-auth-enabled true/false

Additional Information

How to create a local user to access a CIFS share?

 

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