26.11. Sharing Directories

If you have Samba installed on your system (covered in Chapter 43), it is possible to use the file manager to share directories to Windows clients. In addition, if you are running Linux or Solaris, the file manager can be used to export directories via NFS (as explained in Chapter 6). When sharing directories, the file manager has very few options compared to the modules designed specifically for the purposes of configuring Samba and NFS. It does, however, provide a much simpler user interface.

Assuming the Samba is installed and working on your system, the following steps should be used to share a directory with Windows clients:

1.
Select the directory that you want to share in the right-hand pane and click the

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