Dell EqualLogic PS6210XS EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator s Guide PS Ser - Page 191

Set the SMB Password, Modify an SMB Share Directory, Enable Access-based Enumeration

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NOTE: You can create an initial SMB share when you create a NAS container. However, you cannot configure and enable the NAS antivirus service. You must modify this initial SMB share to configure and enable the antivirus service. 1. Click NAS, expand NAS clusters and Local Containers, and then select the NAS container name. 2. Click Create SMB share to open the wizard. 3. In the General Settings page: a. Type a name for the SMB share in the Name field. An SMB share name can contain up to 24 characters, including letters, numbers, dollar sign ($), and underscores. Fewer characters are accepted for this field if you type the value as a Unicode character string, which takes up a variable number of bytes, depending on the specific character. NOTE: Do not create a regular SMB share with the name homes. If you attempt to create a share with this name, the following error is displayed: Share name is reserved for home shares. b. Type the full path of the shared directory in the Directory field. Directory names can contain 256 characters, including one preceding slash. The full path for an SMB share can contain up to 511 characters, including additional slashes. Click Next. If the directory does not exist, it will be created automatically. You cannot modify the SMB directory. 4. Select the Enable Access-based Enumeration checkbox to enable this feature. This feature allows users of Windows Server 2003-based file servers to list only the files and folders to which they have access when browsing content on the file server. This restriction eliminates confusion that can occur when users connect to a file server and encounter a large number of files and folders that they cannot access. 5. In the Antivirus Settings page, virus scanning is enabled by default. Optionally, you can also specify: • File extensions to exclude • Directory paths to exclude • Size of files to exclude from virus scanning • User access to large unscanned files (When an SMB file is accessed by a client and it needs to be scanned, it is sent over the network to an antivirus scanner. In some cases, the antivirus server has limits on the size of the files that it can handle or, in other cases, an administrator might want to exclude frequently modified files from scanning for performance reasons.) Select the options that you want and click Next. 6. In the Summary page, you can review your settings. To make changes, click Back to return to the previous screens. If your settings are correct, click Finish to create your SMB share. Set the SMB Password Clients use the SMB password to access SMB shares. To allow client access to SMB shares, you must set the SMB administrator password. If you do not set this password, you cannot properly set the ownership and permissions for the SMB shares. NOTE: The local administrator built-in account (Administrator), which appears in the list of local users in the NAS Cluster - Local Users and Groups window, is the same account as the SMB administrator. To set or modify the SMB password: 1. Click Group, expand Group Configuration, and then select the NAS cluster. 2. Click the Authentication tab. 3. Click Modify SMB administrator password. 4. In the SMB Administrator Password dialog box, specify the password and confirm it. 5. Click OK. Modify an SMB Share Directory 1. Click NAS, expand NAS Clusters and Local Containers, and then select the NAS container name.. NAS Container Operations 191

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NOTE: You can create an initial SMB share when you create a NAS container. However, you cannot
configure
and enable
the NAS antivirus service. You must modify this initial SMB share to
configure
and enable the antivirus service.
1.
Click
NAS
, expand
NAS clusters
and
Local Containers
, and then select the NAS container name.
2.
Click
Create SMB share
to open the wizard.
3.
In the
General Settings
page:
a.
Type a name for the SMB share in the
Name
field.
An SMB share name can contain up to 24
characters, including letters,
numbers, dollar sign ($), and underscores. Fewer characters are accepted for this
field
if you type the value as a Unicode
character string, which takes up a variable number of bytes, depending on the
specific
character.
NOTE: Do not create a regular SMB share with the name
homes
. If you attempt to create a share with this
name, the following error is displayed:
Share name is reserved for home shares.
b.
Type the full path of the shared directory in the
Directory
field.
Directory names can contain 256 characters, including one
preceding slash. The full path for an SMB share can contain up to 511 characters, including additional slashes.
Click
Next
. If the directory does not exist, it will be created automatically. You cannot modify the SMB directory.
4.
Select the
Enable Access-based Enumeration
checkbox to enable this feature. This feature allows users of Windows Server
2003–based
file
servers to list only the
files
and folders to which they have access when browsing content on the
file
server.
This restriction eliminates confusion that can occur when users connect to a
file
server and encounter a large number of
files
and folders that they cannot access.
5.
In the
Antivirus Settings
page, virus scanning is enabled by default. Optionally, you can also specify:
File extensions to exclude
Directory paths to exclude
Size of
files
to exclude from virus scanning
User access to large unscanned
files
(When an SMB
file
is accessed by a client and it needs to be scanned, it is sent over the network to an antivirus scanner. In
some cases, the antivirus server has limits on the size of the
files
that it can handle or, in other cases, an administrator
might want to exclude frequently
modified
files
from scanning for performance reasons.)
Select the options that you want and click
Next
.
6.
In the
Summary
page, you can review your settings. To make changes, click
Back
to return to the previous screens. If your
settings are correct, click
Finish
to create your SMB share.
Set the SMB Password
Clients use the SMB password to access SMB shares.
To allow client access to SMB shares, you must set the SMB administrator password. If you do not set this password, you cannot
properly set the ownership and permissions for the SMB shares.
NOTE: The local administrator built-in account (Administrator), which appears in the list of local users in the NAS Cluster
– Local Users and Groups window, is the same account as the SMB administrator.
To set or modify the SMB password:
1.
Click
Group
, expand
Group
Configuration
, and then select the NAS cluster.
2.
Click the
Authentication
tab.
3.
Click
Modify SMB administrator password
.
4.
In the
SMB Administrator Password
dialog box, specify the password and
confirm
it.
5.
Click
OK
.
Modify an SMB Share Directory
1.
Click
NAS
, expand
NAS Clusters
and
Local Containers
, and then select the NAS container name..
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