Identity Mapping Configuration

Identity mapping allows you to associate Windows and UNIX identities, thereby allowing an SMB client and an NFS client access to the same set of files. The identity mapping service manages Windows and UNIX user identities simultaneously by creating and maintaining a database of mappings between UNIX user identifiers (UIDs) and group identifiers (GIDs), and Windows security identifiers (SIDs).

To manage identity mapping, use these tasks:

• Configuring Identity Mapping - BUI, CLI

• Creating a Mapping Rule - BUI, CLI

• Viewing a Mapping (BUI)

• Flushing Mappings from the Cache - BUI, CLI

To understand identity mapping, use these topics:

• Identity Mapping Best Practices

• Identity Mapping Concepts

• Cached and Ephemeral Mappings

• Identity Mapping Case Sensitivity

• Mapping Rule Directional Symbols