topic Re: CIFS on vol0 (root vol) in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-on-vol0-root-vol/m-p/19688#M1758 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Block protocols (FCP/iSCSI) licenses enable limited CIFS functionality. You are able to add filer to domain, authenticate users through domain and have access to /etc. I’m not sure it is full featured access, but it should be enough to be able to fetch files from it or drop firmware into it.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:05:12 GMT aborzenkov 2013-11-25T14:05:12Z CIFS on vol0 (root vol) https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-on-vol0-root-vol/m-p/19684#M1757 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi.</P><P></P><P>I've heard that CIFS is free for use on vol0 (root vol) even if CIFS is not licensed.</P><P>Is it true and how to configure and start to share through CIFS my vol0?</P><P></P><P>Thanks. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:48:51 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-on-vol0-root-vol/m-p/19684#M1757 D_BEREZENKO 2025-06-05T05:48:51Z Re: CIFS on vol0 (root vol) https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-on-vol0-root-vol/m-p/19688#M1758 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Block protocols (FCP/iSCSI) licenses enable limited CIFS functionality. You are able to add filer to domain, authenticate users through domain and have access to /etc. I’m not sure it is full featured access, but it should be enough to be able to fetch files from it or drop firmware into it.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:05:12 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-on-vol0-root-vol/m-p/19688#M1758 aborzenkov 2013-11-25T14:05:12Z