Stopping the CIFS service should work to “unlock” that interface for changes – that would make all CIFS servers on that data mover inaccessible.  Or add a new temp. interface to the CIFS servers, then you can remove the original interface, change it and add it back on  No you don’t loose shares or permissions – that would be very hard to do. Even if you were to delete the CIFS server they still aren’t deleted – if you re-create the CIFS server with the same name they would “magically” reappear.  Rainer
Hi, I need to change the netmask of an interface actually used by a CIFS server and it is impossible to do online, nor stopping the service helps.  What is the exact procedure? Do I need to de-associate the interface from the CIFS server? Do I lose shares/permissions?
Changing netmask of an interface used by a CIFS server