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Before using this manual, ensure that appropriate dataset is exists and correctly configured (see notes below). Please refer to the separate HowTo “How to work with datasets in Webmin" for details. Correct parameters for the dataset are:
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Open your favorite browser and type following URL: https://IP_ADDRESS:10000, where IP_ADDRESS is a real address of your system.
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Click “Create” button at the bottom of Share information box to create the share.
Ensure that the newly created share is shown in the list of shares. Please note, that this share is in read only mode, by default - no data can be written over there until share is configured as writable.
To make the share writable, click on the share’s name in the share’s list.
On the “Edit File Share” window click the “Security and Access Control” icon in the “Other Share Options”
Following values make smb share writable:
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Writable | Yes |
Guest access | Guest only |
Guest Unix user | Nobody |
Setup appropriate parameters in the share's security form
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At the moment, only public access to the share is supported. That means everyone who has network access to the server where this smb share is located will be able to access data on the share. To make access to the share more secure, use “Limit to possible list?” option and configure “Hosts to allow” and “Hosts to deny” with appropriate values. |
Click “Save” button at the bottom of the frame when you are done with configuration, then click “Return to share list” at the bottom of “Edit File Share” page.
Ensure that share’s security is changed to “Read/Write to everyone”
The configuration is completed. We have created a new share and made it writable.
To check the configuration, on MS Windows client open the File explorer and enter the URL: \\SERVER_NAME_OR_IP\smb1
- To check that share is writabl
e, create a new Folder on it.