Dell Unity: Access Based Enumeration in Dell Unity
Summary: Access-Based Enumeration (ABE) hides files and folders from users who do not have permission to access them. This enhances security and improves usability by displaying only the resources a user is authorized to view. ...
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For more info about this feature and other Dell Unity NAS Capabilities, visit Dell Unity: NAS Capabilities.
7.1.6 Access-Based Enumeration
Access-based enumeration is a share-level option that restricts the display of files and folders based on the access privileges of the user attempting to view them. Without access-based enumeration, all users are able to view all files and folders within a directory to which they have access. However they will not be able to open or view these files and folders without the appropriate access privileges. When access-based enumeration is enabled on a share, users will only be able to see files or folders for which they have at read access or above. For example, without access-based enumeration a user without access to several files would still be able to see that those files exist in a directory to which they have access. However with access-based enumeration, that same user would not even see those same inaccessible files in the directory. Administrator users are always able to see all files and folders, even when access-based enumeration is enabled on a share.
From Unity Unisphere
This feature can be configured through the Advanced SMB Share Properties when creating a new SMB share or modifying an existing SMB share.
Navigate to:
Unisphere > Storage > File > SMB Shares > Advanced
From the Advanced settings, enable or modify the desired SMB share option as required.
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Affected Products
Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity Family, Dell EMC Unity HybridArticle Properties
Article Number: 000019593
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 16 Jul 2026
Version: 6
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