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4.5.1 Disk Share Configuration Options

The basic Samba configuration options for disk shares previously introduced are listed in Table 4.4.


Table 4.4: Basic Share Configuration Options

Option

Parameters

Function

Default

Scope

path (directory)

string (fully-qualified pathname)

Sets the Unix directory that will be provided for a disk share or used for spooling by a printer share

/tmp

Share

guest ok (public)

boolean

If set to yes, authentication is not needed to access this share

no

Share

comment

string

Sets the comment that appears with the share

None

Share

volume

string

Sets the volume name: the DOS name of the physical drive

Share name

Share

read only

boolean

If yes, allows read only access to a share.

yes

Share

writeable (write ok)

boolean

If no, allows read only access to a share.

no

Share

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