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title: "Advanced Multiprotocol Options"
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tags: ["5.5"]
updated: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
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canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/advanced-multiprotocol-options"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Advanced Multiprotocol Options

The following default multiprotocol behavior can be modified via the VAST CLI for multiprotocol (SMB and NFSv3) views:

- **GID inheritance**

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

To change this default, either set it when creating a view policy using the [viewpolicy create](/docs-5-5/docs/viewpolicy-create) command, or change it using the [viewpolicy modify](/docs-5-5/docs/viewpolicy-modify) command.
  - **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.