Thank you for everyone's help. For me it was combination of these things  1) using an account who's UID was not in use by local accounts in System zone 2) not only setting ownership but also setting ACLs using chmod +a user allow dir_gen_all 3) specifying correct password [IMAGE]
Hello guys/gals,  I have an application that has to use a local account created on Isilon.  I want this application to connect to specific access zone so i created this local account within that access zone under LOCAL provider.  I then used Windows Explorer to create a folder inside of that access zone and now i am trying to grant this local account Full permissions to the folder.  I have tried numerous combinations but none of them seem to be able to find the local account.  I tried:  clustername\myaccount access zonamename\myaccount smartconnect zonaname\myaccount  no dice.   Any suggestions, do i have to use the cli ?  Note: this cluster is joined to Active Directory.  Provider LOCAL:zonename is listed as Authentication provider for that access zone.  Thank you
Adding local access zone user to folder permissions