Managing the Shares
Setting up CIFS Access
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workaround in a non-domain (workgroup) environment, pre-map a file-share
to each file server that needs special user credentials (other than the
logged-in username and password). In this case, the MSDFS redirect
proceeds smoothly because the PC-client already has an established
session with the target file-server. When the user’s login is different on the
DFS leaf than the DFS root, they can pre-login to the leaf. When they then
login to the root, they can access the linked DFS share.
•
Windows Operating System Version
: MSDFS is not supported by
Windows 98 clients.
•
Windows Clients must be Restarted
: After you set up a DFS root, any
Windows clients that were connected must be restarted.
Setting up CIFS Access
Although you cannot globally disable CIFS as you can for NFS and FTP, you can
allow or disallow CIFS access on a per-share basis. The CIFS Networking
Configuration page lets you specify the length of time CIFS connections to the
NSS can be idle before being automatically disconnected.
NOTE
The CIFS idle disconnect only works correctly for Windows and Linux clients. Mac
clients are not disconnected despite being idle for more than the configured
timeout.
To set up the idle disconnect time for a CIFS connection to the NSS:
STEP 1
From the
Manager Menu
, click
Shares
CIFS Setup
.