create Subcommand

The create subcommand makes (or creates) a share group. After you create a share group, use the add-share subcommand to add shares to the group. Note the following:

• The group name is restricted to alphanumeric characters, the hyphen (-), and the underscore (_). The first character must be alphabetic.

• By default, a newly created share group is enabled.

• If a file-system type is not specified, all supported protocols are added to the share group.

• When adding options to the share group, you must explicitly define the protocol associated with the options.

This subcommand supports the following options:

-n

Checks the validity of a desired configuration.

-P

Specifies a file-system type. The default is NFS.

-p

Specifies a property for the new share group.

-h

Provides an online-help description.

The create subcommand uses the following syntax:

# sharemgr create [-h] [-n] [-P protocol] [-p property=value] share_group

The following example creates my_group with the following parameters:

• The share group uses NFS.

• The permissions for the group are set to read-write.

• The functions, setuid() and setgid(), cannot be used on my_group.

example# sharemgr create -P nfs -p rw=true -p nosuid=true my_group