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Samba is a software solution for using the Server Message Block (SMB) networking protocol, which provides shared file access between nodes on a computer network. Refer to the figures and table below for more information about Samba configuration. | Samba is a software solution for using the Server Message Block (SMB) networking protocol, which provides shared file access between nodes on a computer network. Refer to the figures and table below for more information about Samba configuration. | ||
[[File:Networking_rutx_manual_samba_v1.png|border]]<table class="nd-mantable"><tr><th>field name</th><th>value</th><th>description</th></tr><tr><td>Enable</td><td>off {{!}} on; Default: '''off'''</td><td>Toggles Samba ON or OFF</td></tr><tr><td>Hostname</td><td>Default: '''Router_Share'''</td><td>Name of the Samba server</td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td>Default: '''Router Share'''</td><td>Short server description</td></tr><tr><td>Workgroup</td><td>Default: '''WORKGROUP'''</td><td>Name of the server's workgroup</td></tr><tr><td>Share home-directies</td><td>off {{!}} on; Default: '''on'''</td><td>Allow system users to reach their home directories via network shares</td></tr></table> | [[File:Networking_rutx_manual_samba_v1.png|border]] | ||
<table class="nd-mantable"><tr><th>field name</th><th>value</th><th>description</th></tr><tr><td>Enable</td><td>off {{!}} on; Default: '''off'''</td><td>Toggles Samba ON or OFF</td></tr><tr><td>Hostname</td><td>Default: '''Router_Share'''</td><td>Name of the Samba server</td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td>Default: '''Router Share'''</td><td>Short server description</td></tr><tr><td>Workgroup</td><td>Default: '''WORKGROUP'''</td><td>Name of the server's workgroup</td></tr><tr><td>Share home-directies</td><td>off {{!}} on; Default: '''on'''</td><td>Allow system users to reach their home directories via network shares</td></tr></table> | |||
By entering Edit Template window you can edit the template that is used for generating the samba configuration. This is the content of the file '/etc/samba/smb.conf.template' from which your samba configuration will be generated. Values enclosed by pipe symbols ('|') should not be changed. They get their values from the 'General Settings' tab. | |||
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Revision as of 14:01, 3 January 2020
Summary
The Network Shares section is used to manage Network-attached storage (NAS) such as USB drives and hard drives. The router supports the following file system architectures:
- FAT
- FAT32
- NTFS
General
Samba
Samba is a software solution for using the Server Message Block (SMB) networking protocol, which provides shared file access between nodes on a computer network. Refer to the figures and table below for more information about Samba configuration.
| field name | value | description |
|---|---|---|
| Enable | off | on; Default: off | Toggles Samba ON or OFF |
| Hostname | Default: Router_Share | Name of the Samba server |
| Description | Default: Router Share | Short server description |
| Workgroup | Default: WORKGROUP | Name of the server's workgroup |
| Share home-directies | off | on; Default: on | Allow system users to reach their home directories via network shares |
By entering Edit Template window you can edit the template that is used for generating the samba configuration. This is the content of the file '/etc/samba/smb.conf.template' from which your samba configuration will be generated. Values enclosed by pipe symbols ('|') should not be changed. They get their values from the 'General Settings' tab.
