Dell EMC Unity: How to add local users to a Domain Joined CIFS server using MMC

This KB shows how to add local users to a Domain Joined CIFS server using MMC.

• From Windows client cmd: Type mmc

• From File >> Add/Remove Snap-in >> Choose Computer Management, then choose the remote CIFS server needed to manage, then click OK.

• After connecting to the needed CIFS server, from Local Users and Groups, Click Add new user

• From the new user panel, complete the username, description, password and whether this user must change the password on first login or not. Then Click Create. This will lead to a new user will be created locally on the CIFS server. (Please note that this user is not a domain user )

 
 

To access the resource on this cifs server use the <CIFS_server\Username> or <IP Address\User name >
And not <Domainname\Username> as this is a local user on the cifs server.

For example if this user is given FTP privilege using filezella or any ftp client,
the username will be CIFS_server\username