---
title: "vGateway Access Based Enumeration"
slug: "vgateway-access-based-enumeration"
description: "This KB article details how to configure Access Based Enumeration on a vGateway for the Expedient Cloud File Storage platform."
tags: ["smb", "cifs", "vGateway"]
updated: 2021-04-30T13:47:12Z
published: 2021-04-30T13:47:12Z
canonical: "kb.expedient.com/vgateway-access-based-enumeration"
stale: true
---

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# vGateway Access Based Enumeration

A vGateway can be configured to utilize Access Based Enumeration on CIFS/SMB shares. This functionality is useful to hide shares from end user view when they do not have the permissions to access the shares.

1. [Login](/v1/docs/login-to-cloud-file-storage) to the vGateway
2. Select **Share** and then **Windows File Sharing**  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1619790321910.png)
3. Locate the **Hide unreadable files and folders** setting, **check** the box, and select **Save**  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1619790321955.png)
4. Access Based Enumeration is now enabled for the filer, when an end user does not have the appropriate permissions they will not see the folders/shares