Data ONTAP 8.x 7-Mode CIFS --forcegroup

penangmis — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:30:06 GMT

We tried to user the --forcegroup options when trying to create a CIFS shared.

The /vol/DataLog_NFS_vol volume and qtree are create with UNIX style and shared to other linux workstation.

cifs shares -add test123 /vol/DataLog_NFS_vol -forcegroup testgroup

whoever we get are getting the error:

testgroup: unknown group

We have this testgroup create under our linux server already.

May I know where is this --forcegroup <groupname> refer too ?

We even tried

--forcegroup "domain\testgroup"

--forcegroup Users

Nothing seems to work.

Please help.

Thanks.

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