Managing ACLs of SMB shares using MMC

You can use Shared Folders Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in on Microsoft Windows clients for managing access control lists (ACLs) of SMB shares on the IBM Storage Scale cluster.

  1. Open the Shared Folders Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in:
    1. Click Start > Run.
    2. Type fsmgmt.msc and click OK.
    The Shared Folders Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in opens.
  2. Connect to the IBM Storage Scale cluster that has the SMB shares:
    1. Click Action > Connect to another computer.
    2. Type the IP address of the server you want to connect to in the Another computer field and click OK.
  3. In the left pane, click Shares.
    All SMB shares are listed in the right pane.
    Note: If there is a permissions related error when you click Shares, verify that you are a member of the local administrators group of the cluster. For more information, see Managing SMB shares using MMC.
  4. In the right pane, right-click the SMB share for which you want to view or change the permissions and then click Properties.
  5. You can do one of the following:
    • To view the permissions a user or a group has for the SMB share, on the Share Permissions tab, under the "Group or user names" pane, click on the user name or the group name.

      The permissions are displayed in the "Permissions for" pane.

    • To change the permissions a user or a group has for the SMB share, on the Security tab, under the "Group or user names" pane, click on the user name or the group name and then click Edit.
      Note: Changes affect only the SMB share, not the ACL in the file system of the exported directory.

      For information on permissions that you can change, see documentation for the Shared Folders Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.