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Unable to create share on snapshot directory under qtree

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS

Issue

  • Unable to create share on snapshot directory under qtree with below error

::> cifs share create -vserver svm01 -share-name restore -path /voltest_cdot/qtree1/.snapshot
Error: command failed: The specified path "/voltest_cdot/qtree1/.snapshot" does not exist in the namespace belonging to Vserver "svm01".

  • file-directory show command works for same path.

::> file-directory show -vserver svm01 -path /voltest_cdot/qtree1/.snapshot
                Vserver: svm01
              File Path: /voltest_cdot/qtree1/.snapshot
      File Inode Number: 18904
         Security Style: unix
        Effective Style: unix
         DOS Attributes: 12
 DOS Attributes in Text: ----D-H-
Expanded Dos Attributes: -
           UNIX User Id: 0
          UNIX Group Id: 0
         UNIX Mode Bits: 777
 UNIX Mode Bits in Text: rwxrwxrwx
                   ACLs: -

 

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