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Create Home Directory

Leoatse

Hello,

I am new to the Ontap 9 solution. I cannot create a CIFS home directory.
Can you help me ?

thanks for any help

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GidonMarcus

Hi.

We can definitely try. Please share details about the failures or uncertainties you experience. I'm adding some relevant documents below that can help you to do it step-by-step.

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.exp-cifs-cfg/GUID-DAE79B03-9C4A-4308-A9FA-2F30D77538C1.html?cp=13_7_1

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.pow-cifs-cg/GUID-F9767F59-BAC2-454E-AB23-C93C9B460AB1.html?cp=13_6_1

There is also a way to create dedicated-per-user dynamic shares for home directory.:

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.cdot-famg-cifs/GUID-D16B85B1-FE36-4F01-9C04-9E1E58E6834E.html?cp=13_9_6_0

Although - I prefer a simple ABE as it's more industry standard and will not lock you down to a specific vendor (Well - NetApp in that case):

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.cdot-famg-cifs/GUID-F28FF706-D2ED-4D86-93B8-2017C9E43937.html?cp=13_9_6_5

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GidonMarcus

Hi.

We can definitely try. Please share details about the failures or uncertainties you experience. I'm adding some relevant documents below that can help you to do it step-by-step.

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.exp-cifs-cfg/GUID-DAE79B03-9C4A-4308-A9FA-2F30D77538C1.html?cp=13_7_1

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.pow-cifs-cg/GUID-F9767F59-BAC2-454E-AB23-C93C9B460AB1.html?cp=13_6_1

There is also a way to create dedicated-per-user dynamic shares for home directory.:

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.cdot-famg-cifs/GUID-D16B85B1-FE36-4F01-9C04-9E1E58E6834E.html?cp=13_9_6_0

Although - I prefer a simple ABE as it's more industry standard and will not lock you down to a specific vendor (Well - NetApp in that case):

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.cdot-famg-cifs/GUID-F28FF706-D2ED-4D86-93B8-2017C9E43937.html?cp=13_9_6_5

Leoatse

Hello, thank you very much for the reply.
When I use the server command "cifs share create -vserver toto -share-name% w -path% d /% w -share-properties oplocks, browsable, changenotify, homedirectory" to create
a dynamic personal directory. the home directory is created at the root of the SVM.
- Unable to access the security tab and unable to open the directory from Windows, any idea?
- Is it possible to create the home directory in share. how should we proceed?

thanks a lot for your help

GidonMarcus

Hi.

The root volume likely to be unix-based (can see with the command "qtree show".

For using the feature with the commnad you provided, you need to add the created volume to the search path:

vserver cifs home-directory search-path add -vserver vserver -path path

see here:

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.cdot-famg-cifs/GUID-5991E6B3-FE3A-4606-AA09-1611DC3E3711.html?resultof=%22%73%68%61%72%65%22%20

Again. I'm agins't using this feature. As I don't think it gives any advantage, and can lock you down to a specific product and vendor.

I believe that access based enumeration share is more straightforward and similarly secure (if not even more - as it's very visible if security is set wrong) : https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.cdot-famg-cifs/GUID-F28FF706-D2ED-4D86-93B8-2017C9E43937.html?cp=13_9_6_5