Alan wrote:

One problem is that in workgroup mode NTFS security isn't available.

In

fact, no real security is available...

This isn't quite right. If you are running with ONTAP 6.1.1 or later you can create up to 96 local users in workgroup mode and use NTFS security with NTLM authentication. Even without local users you can use UNIX-style security if you are willing to use /etc/passwd accounts (which unfortunately implies the use of plaintext passwords over the wire during CIFS login).

However, it is true that for the very best available CIFS security (which uses Kerberos authentication) you do have to have the filer installed in a Win2k domain.

Mark