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Accessing Volumes Mounting a CIFS Share in Linux or UNIX
Mounting a CIFS Share in Linux or UNIX
You can mount a CIFS share in Linux or UNIX using the mount.cifs command. There should not be
any issues between the CIFS character set and the Linux character set. In most cases, use
mount.cifs with the option iocharset=utf-8. CIFS shares are case-sensitive by default, which is
consistent with Linux.
Note: Even if case-sensitivity is not enabled, non-Windows clients such as Linux might still treat
the paths as case-sensitive.
To ensure that paths are treated as case-insensitive, mount shares using the nocase
option, such as in this command:
mount -v -t cifs –o nocase,<options> <share IP address> /mnt/<folder>
Note: You must have share privileges to access the folder on the Nasuni Edge Appliance. See
“Adding a New CIFS Share to a Volume” and “Editing a CIFS Share” in the Nasuni Edge
Appliance Administration Guide for more details.
Note: If the Nasuni Edge Appliance is running in Active Directory security mode, the Linux clients
must connect to the Nasuni Edge Appliance as Active Directory users.
In UNIX and Linux, the default permissions for certain folders and files are as follows:
Tip: To access the hidden .nasuni directory on an SMB share, you must be an administrative
user. To specify an administrative user, on the Nasuni Edge Appliance, select General
Settings from the Configuration menu, then specify an Administrative User.
In addition, this hidden directory must be visible on the client machine. For example, in
Windows, “Show Hidden Files, folders, and drives” must be enabled, and “Hide protected
operating system files” must be disabled.
Alternatively, you can use the File System Browser to view the .nasuni directory and its
contents. On the File System Browser page, you must select “Show Hidden Files”.
Folder or file Permissions
.nasuni 500
.nasuni/sync_logs/ 500
Files in .nasuni/sync_logs/ 444
.nasuni/av_violations/ 500
Files in .nasuni/av_violations/ 444
.nasuni/file_alerts/ 500
Files in .nasuni/file_alerts/ 444
.nasuni/audit/ 500
Files in .nasuni/audit/ 444
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