Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Change the Owner of an SMB Share Using the FluidFS Cluster Administrator Account

If the FluidFS cluster is not joined to Active Directory, use the Administrator account to change the owner of an SMB share. These steps might vary slightly depending on which version of Windows you are using.

1. Start the Map network drive wizard.
2. In Folder type: \\client_vip_or_name\smb_share_name
3. Select Connect using different credentials.
4. Click Finish.
5. When prompted, type the Administrator credentials and click OK.
6. Right-click the mapped SMB share (folder) and select Properties. The Properties dialog box opens.
7. Click the Security tab and then click Advanced. The Advanced Security Settings dialog box opens.
8. Click the Owner tab and then click Edit. The Advanced Security Settings dialog box opens.
9. Click Other users or groups. The Select User or Group dialog box opens.
10. Select the domain admin user account that is used to set ACLs for this SMB share or select the Domain Admins group. Alternatively, the FluidFS cluster Administrator account can be used. Click OK.
11. Ensure that Replace owner on subcontainers and objects is selected and click OK.
12. After the owner is set, unmap the network drive.
13. Remap the network drive as the account that has ownership of it, as set previously.
14. Click the Permissions tab of the Advanced Security Settings dialog box and follow Microsoft’s best practices to assign ACL permissions for users and groups to the SMB share.