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--- nas-samba [2024/11/27 17:05] – [File sharing] -Condense, formatting hogwild
+++ nas-samba [2024/11/27 17:15] (current) – [Samba File Sharing] -Formatting hogwild
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-For a basic setup, select //Yes no authentication. //If you need additional security, it's recommended you select //Yes, Authentication required// . Doing so will display additional fields to set a single username and password.
+For a basic setup, select //Yes no authentication. //If you need additional security, it's recommended you select //Yes, Authentication required//. Doing so will display additional fields to set a single username and password.
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-**Disable GRO:** Generic Receive Offload combines small packets to be sent as a one large one. This optimizes network utilization, but involves extra reassembly. The default, (Enabled) disables GRO. Enabled is advised unless you have other requirements.
+**Disable GRO:** Generic Receive Offload combines small packets to be sent as a one large one.
+This optimizes network utilization, but involves extra reassembly. The default, (Enabled) disables GRO. Enabled is advised unless you have other requirements.
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-**Workgroup Name:** Here, enter the WORKGROUP name (logical grouping) for PCs to be displayed/organized (for Windows peer-to-peer network browsing). Note that the Windows 10 April 2018 (v.1803) update eliminated Windows Homegroups. However, workgroups still exist in Windows 10/11.
+**Workgroup Name:** here, enter the Windows WORKGROUP name for PCs to be displayed/organized (for peer-to-peer network browsing).
+Note that the Windows 10 April 2018 (v.1803) update eliminated Windows Homegroups. However, workgroups still exist in Windows 10/11.
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-**Client Codepage:** Windows clients use code pages to determine rules for mapping lowercase letters to uppercase ones. Undefined, by default, can be set in cases where case sensitivity is an issue. To check the Windows Codepage your systems are on, run ''cmd.exe'' and type ''chcp'' to see the current code page.
+**Client Codepage:** sets the Windows code page.
+Windows clients use code pages to determine rules for mapping lowercase letters to uppercase ones. Undefined, by default, can be set in cases where case sensitivity is an issue. To check your Windows Codepage, run ''cmd.exe'' and type ''chcp'' to see the current code page.
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-**Network Interfaces:** Here, define to which local interface the samba service will be bound. (Default: br0).\\  \\
+**Network Interfaces:** here, define to which local interface samba will be bound. (Default: br0).\\  \\
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-**Samba Custom Configuration:** Here, specify user-defined parameters for samba (written to the smb.conf file). Consult samba documentation before using this field: [[https://www.samba.org|https://www.samba.org]]/
+**Samba Custom Configuration:** here, specify user-defined settings for samba (written to "smb.conf").
+Consult samba documentation before using this field: [[https://www.samba.org|https://www.samba.org]]/
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-**Auto-share all USB Partitions: **Lets you configure automatic sharing. As soon as storage with a compatible filesystem is connected to USB, its contents are shared.
+**Auto-share all USB Partitions: **lets you configure automatic sharing.
+As soon compatible USB filesystem storage is connected, its contents are shared.
-  * Disabled - Automatic sharing will be disabled.
+  * Disabled - automatic sharing will be disabled.
-  * Read Only - Users can only open files and browse \\ the storage content.
+  * Read Only - users can only open files and browse \\ the storage content.
-  * Read-Write - Users have full control of visible content.
+  * Read-Write - users have full control of visible content.
   * Hidden Read-Write - Read-Write privileges plus access to \\ hidden content (such as files starting with a period).
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-**Options:** Configures your Samba server to perform additional network roles:
+**Options:** configures Samba server to perform additional network roles:
-  * Master Browser - If enabled, participate in the Master Browser \\ election (when WINS is not available/defined).
+  * Master Browser - if enabled, participate in the Master Browser \\ election (when WINS is not available/defined).
-  * WINS Server - If enabled, act as WINS server. DHCP clients will \\ receive the data via DHCP. Static clients can be set with FreshTomato's \\ LAN address as their WINS server setting.\\
+  * WINS Server - if enabled, act as WINS server. DHCP clients will \\ receive the data via DHCP. Static clients can be set with FreshTomato's \\ LAN address as their WINS server setting.\\

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