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Retrieve CIFS shares

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GET /protocols/cifs/shares

Introduced In: 9.6

Retrieves CIFS shares.

  • vserver cifs share show

  • vserver cifs share properties show

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Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

path

string

query

False

Filter by path

change_notify

boolean

query

False

Filter by change_notify

unix_symlink

string

query

False

Filter by unix_symlink

volume.name

string

query

False

Filter by volume.name

volume.uuid

string

query

False

Filter by volume.uuid

no_strict_security

boolean

query

False

Filter by no_strict_security

  • Introduced in: 9.9

name

string

query

False

Filter by name

acls.type

string

query

False

Filter by acls.type

acls.permission

string

query

False

Filter by acls.permission

acls.user_or_group

string

query

False

Filter by acls.user_or_group

access_based_enumeration

boolean

query

False

Filter by access_based_enumeration

svm.uuid

string

query

False

Filter by svm.uuid

svm.name

string

query

False

Filter by svm.name

home_directory

boolean

query

False

Filter by home_directory

oplocks

boolean

query

False

Filter by oplocks

encryption

boolean

query

False

Filter by encryption

comment

string

query

False

Filter by comment

fields

array[string]

query

False

Specify the fields to return.

max_records

integer

query

False

Limit the number of records returned.

return_records

boolean

query

False

The default is true for GET calls. When set to false, only the number of records is returned.

  • Default value: 1

return_timeout

integer

query

False

The number of seconds to allow the call to execute before returning. When iterating over a collection, the default is 15 seconds. ONTAP returns earlier if either max records or the end of the collection is reached.

  • Default value: 1

  • Max value: 120

  • Min value: 0

order_by

array[string]

query

False

Order results by specified fields and optional [asc

Response

Status: 200, Ok
Name Type Description

_links

_links

num_records

integer

Number of records

records

array[cifs_share]
Example response 
{
  "_links": {
    "next": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "records": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "acls": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "permission": "no_access",
      "type": "windows",
      "user_or_group": "ENGDOMAIN\\ad_user"
    },
    "comment": "HR Department Share",
    "name": "HR_SHARE",
    "path": "/volume_1/eng_vol/",
    "svm": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "svm1",
      "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
    },
    "unix_symlink": "local",
    "volume": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "volume1",
      "uuid": "028baa66-41bd-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
    }
  }
}

Error

Status: Default, Error
Name Type Description

error

error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": {
      "code": "string",
      "message": "string"
    },
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

next

href

self

href

_links

Name Type Description

self

href

acls

The permissions that users and groups have on a CIFS share.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

permission

string

Specifies the access rights that a user or group has on the defined CIFS Share. The following values are allowed:

  • no_access - User does not have CIFS share access

  • read - User has only read access

  • change - User has change access

  • full_control - User has full_control access

type

string

Specifies the type of the user or group to add to the access control list of a CIFS share. The following values are allowed:

  • windows - Windows user or group

  • unix_user - UNIX user

  • unix_group - UNIX group

user_or_group

string

Specifies the user or group name to add to the access control list of a CIFS share.

svm

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

volume

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the volume.

uuid

string

Unique identifier for the volume. This corresponds to the instance-uuid that is exposed in the CLI and ONTAPI. It does not change due to a volume move.

  • example: 028baa66-41bd-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7

  • Introduced in: 9.6

cifs_share

CIFS share is a named access point in a volume. Before users and applications can access data on the CIFS server over SMB, a CIFS share must be created with sufficient share permission. CIFS shares are tied to the CIFS server on the SVM. When a CIFS share is created, ONTAP creates a default ACL for the share with Full Control permissions for Everyone.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

access_based_enumeration

boolean

If enabled, all folders inside this share are visible to a user based on that individual user access right; prevents the display of folders or other shared resources that the user does not have access to.

acls

array[acls]

change_notify

boolean

Specifies whether CIFS clients can request for change notifications for directories on this share.

comment

string

Specify the CIFS share descriptions.

encryption

boolean

Specifies that SMB encryption must be used when accessing this share. Clients that do not support encryption are not able to access this share.

home_directory

boolean

Specifies whether or not the share is a home directory share, where the share and path names are dynamic. ONTAP home directory functionality automatically offer each user a dynamic share to their home directory without creating an individual SMB share for each user. The ONTAP CIFS home directory feature enable us to configure a share that maps to different directories based on the user that connects to it. Instead of creating a separate shares for each user, a single share with a home directory parameters can be created. In a home directory share, ONTAP dynamically generates the share-name and share-path by substituting %w, %u, and %d variables with the corresponding Windows user name, UNIX user name, and domain name, respectively.

  • Default value:

  • Introduced in: 9.6

  • readCreate: 1

name

string

Specifies the name of the CIFS share that you want to create. If this is a home directory share then the share name includes the pattern as %w (Windows user name), %u (UNIX user name) and %d (Windows domain name) variables in any combination with this parameter to generate shares dynamically.

no_strict_security

boolean

Specifies whether or not CIFS clients can follow a unix symlinks outside the share boundaries.

oplocks

boolean

Specify whether opportunistic locks are enabled on this share. "Oplocks" allow clients to lock files and cache content locally, which can increase performance for file operations.

path

string

The fully-qualified pathname in the owning SVM namespace that is shared through this share. If this is a home directory share then the path should be dynamic by specifying the pattern %w (Windows user name), %u (UNIX user name), or %d (domain name) variables in any combination. ONTAP generates the path dynamically for the connected user and this path is appended to each search path to find the full Home Directory path.

  • example: /volume_1/eng_vol/

  • maxLength: 256

  • minLength: 1

  • Introduced in: 9.6

svm

svm

unix_symlink

string

Controls the access of UNIX symbolic links to CIFS clients. The supported values are:

  • local - Enables only local symbolic links which is within the same CIFS share.

  • widelink - Enables both local symlinks and widelinks.

  • disable - Disables local symlinks and widelinks.

volume

volume

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.