Server Admin 10.4 Help

Setting Up a Share Point for Windows Access

Using Workgroup Manager, you can allow Windows clients to access an existing share point via the standard Windows file sharing protocol, Sever Message Block/Common Internet File System (SMB/CIFS). You can optionally allow or disallow Mac OS client access via Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), UNIX client access via Network File System (NFS), and mixed client access via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Workgroup Manager enables sharing via SMB/CIFS, AFP, and FTP by default for every newly created share point.

  1. Open Workgroup Manager and click Sharing.
  2. Click Share Points and select the share point that you want to configure.
  3. Click Protocols (on the right) and choose Windows File Settings from the pop-up menu.
  4. To provide SMB/CIFS access to the share point, select "Share this item using SMB."
  5. To allow unregistered users access to the share point, select "Allow SMB guest access."

    For greater security, don't select this item.

  6. To change the name that clients see when they browse for and connect to the share point using SMB/CIFS, type a new name in the "Custom SMB name" field.

    Changing the custom SMB/CIFS name doesn't affect the name of the share point itself, only the name that SMB/CIFS clients see.

  7. Select "Enable strict locking" to have clients use standard file locks with a share point that's also accessed by protocols other than SMB/CIFS.

    Do not select "Enable oplocks" for a share point that's using any protocol other than SMB/CIFS. For more information on oplocks, see File Locking With SMB/CIFS Share Points.

  8. Choose a method for assigning default UNIX access permissions for new files and folders in the share point.
    • To have new items adopt the permissions of the enclosing item, select "Inherit permissions from parent."
    • To assign specific permissions, select "Assign as follows" and use the Owner, Group, and Everyone pop-up menus.
  9. To prevent AFP access to the share point, choose Apple File Settings from the pop-up menu and deselect "Share this item using AFP."
  10. To prevent FTP access to the share point, choose FTP Settings from the pop-up menu and deselect "Share this item using FTP."
  11. To prevent NFS access to the share point, choose NFS Export Settings from the pop-up menu and deselect "Export this item and its contents to."
  12. Click Save.

Windows services must be running to provide SMB/CIFS access to share points. For instructions, see Starting Windows Services.

For additional information, see Managing SMB/CIFS Share Points and the share points section of File Services Overview.

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