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Advanced Multiprotocol Options

  • Published on Feb 5, 2026
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The following default multiprotocol behavior can be modified via the VAST CLI for multiprotocol (SMB and NFSv3) views:

Behavior

Description

How to Modify

GID inheritance

Determines how files receive their owning group when they are created. The following options are available:

  • linux (default). Each new file inherits its owning group from the group ID of the user who creates the file.

  • bsd. Each new file inherits its owning group from the group ID of the parent directory.

To change this default, either set it when creating a view policy using the viewpolicy create command, or change it using the viewpolicy modify command.

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