Using Samba, Second Edition

Disk Share Configuration

We mentioned in the previous section that there were no disk shares on the toltec server. Let’s continue building the configuration file and create an empty disk share called [data]. Here are the additions that will do it:

[data]
    path = /export/samba/data
    comment = Data Drive
    volume = Sample-Data-Drive
    writable = yes

The [data] share is typical for a Samba disk share. The share maps to the directory /export/samba/data on the Samba server. We’ve also provided a comment that describes the share as a Data Drive, as well as a volume name for the share itself.

Samba’s default is to create a read-only share. As a result, the writable option needs to be explicitly set for each disk share you wish to make writable.

We will also need to create the /export/samba/data directory on the Samba server with the following commands:

# mkdir /export/samba/data
# chmod 777 /export/samba/data

Now, if we connect to the toltec server again by double-clicking its icon in the Windows Network Neighborhood, we will see a single share entitled data, as shown in Figure 6-4. This share has read/write access, so files can be copied to or from it.

Figure 6-4. The initial data share on the Samba server

Disk Share Configuration Options

The basic Samba configuration options for disk shares previously introduced are listed in Table 6-5.

Table 6-5. Basic share configuration options

Option	Parameters ...