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Commands for managing name mappings in ONTAP

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There are specific ONTAP commands for managing name mappings.

If you want to…​

Use this command…​

Create a name mapping

vserver name-mapping create

Insert a name mapping at a specific position

vserver name-mapping insert

Display name mappings

vserver name-mapping show

Exchange the position of two name mappings NOTE: A swap is not allowed when name-mapping is configured with an ip-qualifier entry.

vserver name-mapping swap

Modify a name mapping

vserver name-mapping modify

Delete a name mapping

vserver name-mapping delete

Validate the correct name mapping

vserver security file-directory show-effective-permissions -vserver vs1 -win-user-name user1 -path / -share-name sh1

Learn more about vserver name-mapping in the ONTAP command reference.