You can create user home directories on the storage system and configure Data ONTAP to automatically offer each user a home directory share.
About this task
From the CIFS client, the home directory works the same way as any other share to which the user can connect.
Each user can connect only to his or her home directories, not to home directories for other users.
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About home directories on the storage system
Data ONTAP maps home directory names to user names, searches for home directories that you specify, and treats home directories slightly differently than regular shares
Specifying home directory paths
Data ONTAP searches the home directory paths in the order you specify for the directory that matches the user name. You can specify home directory paths by editing the /etc/cifs_homedir.cfg file.
Enabling or disabling widelinks from a share
You can enable widelinks from a share if you want to allow CIFS clients to follow absolute symbolic links to destinations outside the share or storage system. By default, this feature is disabled.
Disabling home directories
You can stop offering home directories by deleting the /etc/cifs_homedir.cfg file. You cannot use the cifs shares -delete command to delete home directories.