CIFS
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To start the wizard for inventorying your CIFS systems, click the CIFS button. The CIFS step will be displayed after you have selected a company and a domain (see: Basic Steps).
The primary goal when inventorying CIFS systems is to scan the shares and the associated permissions. This information forms the basis for a permission analysis with Docusnap (see the IT Security section).
Identify the CIFS system to be scanned by completing the Host Name, User, Password and Community fields. After the desired systems have been added to the table of CIFS systems, you can use the checkbox next to each system to specify whether it is to be included in the inventory scan or not.
If you want to use another user, than the currently logged on user, for the inventory of a CIFS system, please note that existing connections (like a network drive) between the Docusnap system and the CIFS system, which should be inventoried, must be separated beforehand. An overview of the existing network connections are obtained by entering net use at a command prompt.
Older CIFS systems may require SMB1 for the connection from the inventorying system to the CIFS system. However, Microsoft has been advising against activating SMB1 on these systems for some time. These legacy CIFS systems cannot be inventoried from a system where SMB1 has been deactivated. Therefore, to inventory these systems on the inventorying system, the SMB1 protocol would have to be activated (temporarily during the inventory).