Greetings,
We're a fairly large enviromnet (unix). We have been using Netapp for a VERY long time. Authentication is done via unix NIS. Windows plays no role in any aspect of file-system or authentication management.
For past several years, we have been creating "CIFS Shares" as a means of "file sharing". We create NIS groups and our users (windows clients) login with their unix login/passwd and share files tamong themselves that way .... I know ... it's very basic.
Demand is increasing and we like to do something ...
1. is there any way that we can automate what we do already? i.e. is there a public-domain (or otherwise) software app that can automate our process of creating these "CIFS shares" in somewhat (more or less) they way we do it now?
2. Is there a reliable,reputable vendor (e.g. xdrive.com, of some sort, etc) that we can purchase their software and incorporate it into our existing Netapp infrastructure to implement filesharing (with CIFS or other methods) to offer to our users.
Any ideas for any of the above two methods can be very useful and greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Farid H. UNM-CIRT