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Article Number: 000022741


Dell EMC Unity: Downloading or uploading the user mapping file "ntxmap.conf" via uemcli. (User Correctable)

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Instructions

User mapping file can be downloaded / uploaded via Unisphere when navigating to NAS server properties -> multiprotocol -> advanced mapping rules.
To download / upload ntxmap.conf via UEMCLI :

Gather NAS server ID :

spa:/>  uemcli -u admin -p "PASSWORD" /net/nas/server show
Storage system address: 127.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

1:    ID                            = nas_1
      Name                          = NFSVVOLSERVERNAME
      NetBIOS name                  = NFSVVOLSERVERNAME
      SP                            = spa
      Storage pool                  = pool_1
      Interface                     = if_2
      NFS enabled                   = yes
      NFSv4 enabled                 = no
      CIFS enabled                  = yes
      Multiprotocol sharing enabled = no
      Unix directory service        = ldap
      Health state                  = Degraded/Warning (10)

Download ntxmap.conf file to current location ( when connected via SSH to Unity, navigate to /home/service ) :

spa:/> uemcli -u admin -p "PASSWORD" -download /net/nas/server -id nas_1 -type userMapping
Storage system address: 127.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

Downloaded 3.31 KB of 3.31 KB [ 100.0% ] -STALLED-
Operation completed successfully.

Upload ntxmap.conf file from current location :

spa:~> uemcli -u admin -p "PASSWORD" -upload -f ntxmap.conf /net/nas/server -id nas_1 -type userMapping
Storage system address: 127.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

Uploaded 3.31 KB of 3.31 KB [ 100.0% ] -PROCESSING-
Operation completed successfully

Additional Information

By default, users with the same name in Active Directory and the Unix Directory service will have their SMB and NFS identities mapped, allowing for multiprotocol access across each protocol.
For example, if a user named Charles possesses a windows domain user account named .charles. and a Unix LDAP account also named .charles,. he would be able to access the his data with the same privileges across either protocol while being identified as the same user.
However if his windows domain user account name was .charles. but his Unix LDAP account name was .chuck., his Windows and Linux user names would not be mapped to one another and identified as the same entity by default. In cases like this where user names differ between those defined in the Active Directory domain and those defined in the Unix Directory Service (NIS/LDAP), it is necessary to manually modify the mapping file (NTXMAP) for the NAS Server so that the two disparate user names will be mapped to one another and identified as the same user. Once this has been done in our example, Charles will be able to access his same data whether accessing the file system via SMB as .charles. or via NFS as .chuck..

Article Properties


Affected Product

Dell EMC Unity Family

Product

Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity Family, Dell EMC Unity Hybrid

Last Published Date

23 Nov 2020

Version

2

Article Type

How To