SolutionBase: Configure a Samba server in Linux with SuSE's YaST
The read-only feature can protect users files from being overwritten by other users.
The Shares tab allows you to configure every aspect of the Samba shares. You can go beyond just enabling or disabling each share, of course. By highlighting a share and pressing the Edit button, you can further customize each share configuration.
Let's take a look at configuring the users share. Highlight that share and press Edit. A new window reveals five pre-configured options.
Obviously, the default settings will not work for most, and there are a lot of possible options to add. Let's take a look at the default options and what they are:
Let's take a look at configuring the users share. Highlight that share and press Edit. A new window reveals five pre-configured options.
Obviously, the default settings will not work for most, and there are a lot of possible options to add. Let's take a look at the default options and what they are:
- Read Only: Tells Samba if the configured shares are read only. The default is set to No. If users need only to be able to read data from the shares, highlight the option, press Edit, select the read only check box, and press OK. The share is now set to read only.
- Comment: What users see after logging in. This could be a description of the server serving the shares.
- Path: The directory that Samba will share out to the users.
- Inherit ACLS: Means that all files within a parent folder will inherit the ACL (Access Control List) of the parent folder.
