topic Remove Domain Admins from Administrators Group on CIFS Enabled Filer in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Remove-Domain-Admins-from-Administrators-Group-on-CIFS-Enabled-Filer/m-p/13310#M1199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can I remove the Domain Admins group from the Administrators group on a CIFS enabled filer?&nbsp;&nbsp; The Domain Admins group is added to the filer's administrators group when joined to the domain during CIFS Setup.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our storage team and server administration team are separate and we want to prevent the members of the Domain Admins group from authenticating to the filer.</P><P></P><P></P><P>If I do remove the Domain Admins group from the Administrators group on the filer, will this cause any problems with CIFS?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>-J</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:21:38 GMT MRJORDANG 2025-06-05T06:21:38Z Remove Domain Admins from Administrators Group on CIFS Enabled Filer https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Remove-Domain-Admins-from-Administrators-Group-on-CIFS-Enabled-Filer/m-p/13310#M1199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can I remove the Domain Admins group from the Administrators group on a CIFS enabled filer?&nbsp;&nbsp; The Domain Admins group is added to the filer's administrators group when joined to the domain during CIFS Setup.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our storage team and server administration team are separate and we want to prevent the members of the Domain Admins group from authenticating to the filer.</P><P></P><P></P><P>If I do remove the Domain Admins group from the Administrators group on the filer, will this cause any problems with CIFS?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>-J</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:21:38 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Remove-Domain-Admins-from-Administrators-Group-on-CIFS-Enabled-Filer/m-p/13310#M1199 MRJORDANG 2025-06-05T06:21:38Z Re: Remove Domain Admins from Administrators Group on CIFS Enabled Filer https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Remove-Domain-Admins-from-Administrators-Group-on-CIFS-Enabled-Filer/m-p/13316#M1200 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I just found this "bug" which I think is still relevant.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Please let me know if not.</P><P></P><P><A class="active_link" href="http://support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&amp;Display=246059" title="http://support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&amp;Display=246059" target="_blank">http://support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&amp;Display=246059</A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:18:42 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Remove-Domain-Admins-from-Administrators-Group-on-CIFS-Enabled-Filer/m-p/13316#M1200 MRJORDANG 2012-08-03T19:18:42Z