You should liase with NetApp tech support on this, but briefly:

1. Do I need to put our CIFS server in an NT domain to use NTFS ACLS ?

Our CIFS server is currently in a workgroup and is not seen by NT client as an NTFS server, but as a FAT server.

Yes - you need the filer to be in an NT domain.

2. I tried to move the CIFS in our NT domain, and it failed.

I get this message : Could not register CIFS group name DOMAIN: Another machine already has that name.

Chances are there was a problem with the syntax you were using. "cifs testdc" is a useful tool, but you'll need to shut down cifs before you test a different domain using it. Support will be able to help with this.

Thanks and best regards,

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