cDOT CIFS share property showsnapshot doesn't take effect?

Dong_Chen — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:12:27 GMT

I have the question of cDOT CIFS share property showsnapshot.

whether enable or disable the showsnapshot property, I can always access the ~snapshot directory when mannulay entering the path of the \~snapshot. So how does this property take effect?

As the guide of File Access cDOT831,Page314
When the showsnapshot share property is disabled, a user on a Windows client using SMB 2.x
cannot view the ~snapshot directory and cannot access Snapshot copies within the ~snapshot
directory, even when manually entering the path to the ~snapshot directory or to specific Snapshot
copies within the directory.
When the showsnapshot share property is enabled, a user on a Windows client using SMB 2.x still
cannot view the ~snapshot directory either at the root of the share or within any junction or
directory below the root of the share. However, after connecting to a share, the user can access the
hidden ~snapshot directory by manually appending \~snapshot to the end of the share path.

CIFS share output:
nyn001c1::> version
NetApp Release 8.3.1P1: Fri Oct 02 11:25:22 UTC 2015

nyn001c1::> vol show -fields snapdir-access -volume nyn001f1v2,nyn001f1v1
vserver volume snapdir-access
-------- ---------- --------------
nyn001f1 nyn001f1v1 true
nyn001f1 nyn001f1v2 true
2 entries were displayed.

nyn001c1::> cifs share show -share-name nyn001f1v2
Vserver        Share         Path              Properties Comment ACL
-------------- ------------- ----------------- ---------- -------- -----------
nyn001f1       nyn001f1v2    /nyn001f1v2       oplocks    -        Everyone / Full Control
                                               browsable
                                               showsnapshot
                                               changenotify

nyn001c1::>
nyn001c1::>
nyn001c1::> cifs share show -share-name nyn001f1v1
Vserver        Share         Path              Properties Comment ACL
-------------- ------------- ----------------- ---------- -------- -----------
nyn001f1       nyn001f1v1    /nyn001f1v1       oplocks    -        Everyone / Full Control
                                               browsable
                                               changenotify

Windows access:

\\nyn001f1\nyn001f1v1\~snapshot
\\nyn001f1\nyn001f1v2\~snapshot

Re: cDOT CIFS share property showsnapshot doesn't take effect?

scottgelb — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 04:00:59 GMT

Do you have load sharing mirrors of svm root? "snapmirror show -type LS" to check. You may need to update the mirror to reflect the change in the namespace. If LS mirrors, "snapmirror update ..." is what I would run.. then also make sure the schedule is running for updates "snapmirror show -fields schedule".

Re: cDOT CIFS share property showsnapshot doesn't take effect?

Dong_Chen — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:53:00 GMT

Nope, there is no LS mirror in this SVM.

Re: cDOT CIFS share property showsnapshot doesn't take effect?

Dong_Chen — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 05:47:21 GMT

Nope, there is no LS mirror in the SVM

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