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title: "Managing Shares"
slug: "managing-shares-18-1-1-1"
tags: ["7.12", "Edge Filer", "Gateway", "Filer"]
status: "update"
updated: 2026-10-05T06:08:06Z
published: 2026-10-05T06:08:06Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/managing-shares-18-1-1-1"
---

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# Managing Shares

Shares that are required to be part of the global namespace are set up as described in [Configuring CTERA Edge Filer Shares](/v1/docs/configuring-ctera-edge-filer-shares-2-1-1-1).

Folders and files that are required locally, but not required to be part of the global namespace, can be stored on the CTERA Edge Filer and not synced with the CTERA Portal. This content can be shared locally over the network and backed up to the cloud. Files can be shared in any of the following ways:

- Using **Windows File sharing**, **SMB**. Every share is exposed through Windows File Sharing so that Windows clients on the network can access the shares through Windows.
- Using **NFS**. You can use the CTERA Edge Filer as an NFS server, enabling clients with specified IP addresses to access network shares on the CTERA Edge Filer, as if the shares were located on the client's hard drive. Both NFS versions 3 and 4 protocols are supported, depending on the protocol used by the client.
- Using **FTP**. You can use the CTERA Edge Filer as an FTP server to transfer files or folders over the local network. The FTP protocol is disabled by default.

**Note**

Concurrent access to files using both NFS and SMB is supported. However, writing files concurrently with both protocols introduces potential risks of data incoherence. For details, see [Concurrent Access to Files Using NFS and SMB Protocols](https://kb.ctera.com/docs/network-sharing-protocols-7-1)

To make any local folder accessible to other CTERA Edge Filer requires the following basic steps:

1. Assign the user a CTERA Edge Filer user account. See [Managing the CTERA Edge Filer Users](/v1/docs/managing-the-ctera-edge-filer-users-5-1-1-1).
2. Configure the relevant protocol (Windows File Sharing, NFS, FTP) that you want the users to use to access the files. See [Network Sharing Protocols](https://kb.ctera.com/docs/network-sharing-protocols-7-1).
3. Make a *network share* on the folder you want to share. See [Managing Network Shares](/v1/docs/managing-network-shares-5-1-1-1).
4. Provide access to the share. See [Accessing Network Shares](/v1/docs/accessing-network-shares-6-1-1-1).

**Note**

Shares must not be created at the root cloud folder level but at the subfolder level because ACL permissions cannot be managed at the root cloud folder level, only at the subfolder level.