Hello James,

If you're using Data ONTAP 6.0 or later you can specify multiple directories on one filer. The option you need to set is called "cifs.home_dir" and you can use a comma separated list with a maximum of 255 characters. Here's a sample command:

options cifs.home_dir vol\vol0\homes,vol\vol1\more_homes

Data ONTAP 6.0 has another new option as well called "cifs.home_dir_namestyle." This option allows you to change how a username is used for mapping the home directory. Here are the three options with descriptions:

ntname (or nothing): This is the same as with ONTAP 5.x. The user's home directory name must match the user's NT domain account name.

mapped: The user's home directory name must match the user's mapped UNIX user name.

domain: Under the root home directory (set with the cifs.home_dir option), you need to create one subdirectory for each domain that the filer trusts. Each user's directory is then created under their respective domain directory. The user's home directory name must match the user's NT domain account name and the domain directory must match the user's domain.

Best Regards,

Paul Benn Network Appliance

-----Original Message----- From: Coder, James (STP) [mailto:james.coder@guidant.com] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 7:53 PM To: 'toasters@mathworks.com' Subject: cifs.home_dir values

I have a 760 being used for home file server in Solaris / windows environment. This is replacing my e3500 filer server running samba. Can you have more than one volume listed in for cifs.home_dir? If so, how do you set it up?

thx in advance - jcc

James C. Coder UNIX Administrator Guidant Corporation Phone: 651-582-4797 Email: james.coder@guidant.com