Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Change the Owner of an SMB Share Using an Active Directory Domain Account

The Active Directory domain account must have its primary group set as the Domain Admins group to change the owner of an SMB share. These steps might vary slightly depending on which version of Windows you are using.

1. Open Windows Explorer and in the address bar type: \\client_vip_or_name. A list of all SMB shares is displayed.
2. Right-click the required SMB share (folder) and select Properties. The Properties dialog box opens.
3. Click the Security tab and then click Advanced. The Advanced Security Settings dialog box opens.
4. Click the Owner tab and then click Edit. The Advanced Security Settings dialog box opens.
5. Click Other users or groups. The Select User or Group dialog box opens.
6. Select the domain admin user account that is used to set ACLs for this SMB share or select the Domain Admins group. Click OK.
7. Ensure that Replace owner on subcontainers and objects is selected and click OK.
8. Click the Permissions tab and follow Microsoft’s best practices to assign ACL permissions for users and groups to the SMB share.