Help with sharing CIFS

[Andy66]

So far:
- Installed FreeNAS 9.1.0
- Created a "Media" volume
- Created several CIFS shares in "Media" (Photos, Movies, videos, etc..)
- Created user "Andy"
- Created group "Photos" and added "Andy" as a member

I can't figure out how to grant the "Photos" group permission to the "Photos" CIFS. It wants me to grant access to the entire volume.

Any advice would be great, very frustrating!

 

[pirateghost]

You should use DATASETS on your volume to alleviate this trouble.

if you dont have data there yet, remove the cifs shares
create a dataset for each of those categories
set your permissions on the dataset
create your CIFS shares
set your permissions to inherit

 

[Andy66]

You should use DATASETS on your volume to alleviate this trouble.

if you dont have data there yet, remove the cifs shares
create a dataset for each of those categories
set your permissions on the datasets
create your CIFS shares
set your permissions to inherit

Thanks for your reply. I might not be desribing what I did properly. I do have data, but I can restore it again if needed.
I first created the volume and then did create the datasets. I did not set permissions on the datasets, but then created the CIFS. Does that make sense?

 

[pirateghost]

If these are already datasets, then just go into the permissions for that dataset and set them to the group you want. set your CIFS share to inherit permissions

 

[Andy66]

If these are already datasets, then just go into the permissions for that dataset and set them to the group you want. set your CIFS share to inherit permissions

I think I'm getting close. I really appreciate your help!

When I go in to set the permissions on a dataset, the defaults are root and wheel. I change them and save, but when I go back in they are back to the defaults.

Another issue I am having is setting permissions on folders in a dataset. I figured that out, but a user without permission to a folder can still see the folder and it asks them for credentials when they click on it. i would prefer they not even know the folder exists. Would I be better off creating sub-datasets instead of folders?