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Is the CIFS server administrator account created by default

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS

Answer

Yes, the CIFS server administrators is created by default at the time of CIFS server creation.

  • The account is seen under the BUILTIN\Administrators group. 
  • Run a "vserver cifs users-and-groups local-user show" to view this account.

Cluster::> vserver cifs users-and-groups local-user show
Vserver      User Name                   Full Name            Description
------------ --------------------------- -------------------- -------------
svmcifs      SVMCIFS\Administrator                            Built-in administrator account

Additional Information

  • The account can't be deleted as this is a system account.
  • We can however disable the account by running the below command
::*> cifs users-and-groups local-user modify -user-name Administrator -vserver <SVM_name> -is-account-disabled true

 

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