# Need correct for syntax CIFS server 

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/need-correct-for-syntax-cifs-server/512>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [February 16, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/need-correct-for-syntax-cifs-server/512 "2015-02-16T11:31:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/need-correct-for-syntax-cifs-server/512/1 "2015-02-16T11:31:43Z")

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We’ve recently moved from a NTFS to a CIFS server (structure?).

Is the syntax the same for CIFS content directories?

Our previous NTFS setup was like \server-name\content-path\

Tried several variations of \fully-qualified-server-name\sharename\folder\path with CIFS but no luck.

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Kennedy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Andrew\_Kennedy1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Kennedy1)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/need-correct-for-syntax-cifs-server/512/2 "2015-02-20T02:41:30Z")

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Hi,

This should work as before. What I would do is see if you can see the path on the same machine Wowza Streaming Engine is running on. If you can it might be a permissions issue, ie. if running Wowza Streaming Engine as a service you may need to set it to log in as a user so it can see the share correctly.

Andrew.