CIFS share create fails with error: The specified path does not exist in namespace
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS/SMB
Issue
Creating a CIFS share fails with:
::> cifs share create -share-name mycifsshare -path /myvolume/Shared Folders/myshare
Error: command failed: The specified path "/myvolume/Shared Folders/myshare" does not exist in the namespace belonging to Vserver "SVM".