Folder, Printer, and Share Management
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NAS 1500s and 500s Administration Guide
NFS compatibility issues
When planning to manage CIFS and NFS shares, consider two specific requirements.
Note:
Further information, including details about the NFS Service and the User Mapping service, is
available in the “UNIX File System Management” chapter.
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NFS service does not support spaces in the names for NFS file shares.
NFS translates any spaces in an export into an underscore character. Additional
translations can be set up for files. See the “OEM Supplemental Help” chapter of the SFU
help, found on the NAS server. This feature is designed to ensure the greatest level of
compatibility with NFS clients, because some do not work with NFS exports that contain a
space in the export name.
If you plan to use the same name when sharing a folder through CIFS, and then exporting
it through NFS, do not put spaces in the CIFS share name.
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NFS service does not support exporting a child folder when its parent folder has
already been exported.
An NFS client can access a child folder by selecting the parent folder and then navigating
to the child folder. If strict cross-platform compatibility is an administration goal, CIFS
must be managed in the same way. Do not share a folder through CIFS if the parent folder
is already shared.
Managing shares
Shares can be managed through the Shares menu option of the WebUI. Tasks include:
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Creating a new share
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Deleting a share
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Modifying share properties
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Publish in DFS (See “
Publishing a new share in DFS
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Each of these tasks is discussed in this section.