mkdomain

Creates a domain for use with user mappings.

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>>-mkdomain--+--------+-- -type--+-win_ad----+--domain_name----><
             +- -?----+          +-unix_nis--+
             +- -h----+          '-unix_ldap-'
             '- -help-'

Parameters

–? | –h | –help
Displays a detailed description of this command, including syntax, parameter descriptions, and examples. If you specify a help option, all other command options are ignored.
–type win_ad | unix_nis | unix_ldap
Specifies the type of domain, UNIX® or Windows®.
domain_name
Specifies the domain name that you want to use on SAN File System for user mapping. This name can be different than the actual Windows or UNIX domain name in the directory server, because the names must be mapped in the server configuration files. This name can be up to 256 characters in length.

Prerequisites

You must have Administrator privileges to use the command.

You must be logged in to the operating system on the engine hosting the master metadata server to run this command.

Description

You must create a domain for Windows and UNIX to specify users when you create user mappings.

Example

Create a domain The following example creates a Windows type domain for user mapping:
sfscli> mkdomain Windows -type win_ad 
Domain created successfully.

Parent topic: Administrative commands

Related tasks
Creating domains

Related reference
lsdomain
lsusermap
mkusermap
refreshusermap
rmdomain
rmusermap

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