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CIFS share is inaccessible due to no ACEs on the CIFS share

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS

Issue

  • Windows Users get permission denied to access CIFS share, and even the local administrator user cannot access 
  • Security trace displays access denied on the root volume
::> vserver security trace trace-result show -vserver svm1
Vserver: svm1
     Node       Index      Filter Details                   Reason
--------------- ----- -------------------------- ------------------------------
node1        1             Security Style: NTFS and   Access is denied. The
                           NT ACL requested permissions are not
                           granted by the ACE while
                           opening existing file or
                           directory. Access is not
                           granted for: "Read Attributes", "Read"
                      Share: share1
                      Path: /
                      Win-User: NTAP\Admin
                      UNIX-User: root
                      Session-ID: 7694399963362498338
 
  • File-level permission shows no ACEs on the volume.
::> vserver security file-directory show -vserver svm1 -path /vol1
                Vserver: svm1
              File Path: /vol1
      File Inode Number: 64
         Security Style: ntfs
        Effective Style: ntfs
         DOS Attributes: 10
DOS Attributes in Text: ----D---
Expanded Dos Attributes: -
           UNIX User Id: 0
          UNIX Group Id: 0
         UNIX Mode Bits: 0
UNIX Mode Bits in Text: ---------
                   ACLs: NTFS Security Descriptor
                         Control:0x9504
                         Owner:NTAP\Admin
                         Group:BUILTIN\Administrators
  • CIFS share-level allows everyone to access

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