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Veritas Access Appliance Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2023-10-29

Product(s): Appliances (8.0)

Platform: Access Appliance OS,Veritas 3340,Veritas 3350

Storing user and group accounts

To set idmap_backend to rid

If the server is running, enter the following:
```
CIFS> server stop
```
To store information about user and group accounts locally, enter the following:
```
CIFS> set idmap_backend rid [uid_range]
```
where uid_range represents the range of identifiers that are used by Access Appliance when mapping domain users and groups to local users and groups. The default range is 10000-1000000.
To start the CIFS server, enter the following:
```
CIFS> server start
```

To set idmap_backend to LDAP

To make sure that you have first configured LDAP, enter the following:
```
Network> ldap show
```
If the CIFS server is running, enter the following:
```
CIFS> server stop
```
To use the remote LDAP store for information about the user and group accounts, enter the following:
```
CIFS> set idmap_backend ldap [idmap_ou]
```
where idmap_ou represents the CIFS idmap Organizational Unit Name (OU) configured on the LDAP server, which is used by Access Appliance when mapping users and groups to local users and groups. The default value is cifsidmap.
To start the CIFS server, enter the following:
```
CIFS> server start
```

To set idmap_backend to a hash algorithm

If the CIFS server is running, enter the following:
```
CIFS> server stop
```
To store information about user and group accounts locally, enter the following:
```
CIFS> set idmap_backend hash
```
To start the CIFS server, enter the following:
```
CIFS> server start
```

To set idmap_backend to ad