Windows Networking (Smb); Support For Windows Networking (Smb) - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

SnapServer 7.0 Administrator's Guide

Windows Networking (SMB)

Windows SMB and security settings are configured on the Network > Windows/SMB page of
the Web Management Interface.

Support for Windows Networking (SMB)

The default settings make the SnapServer available to SMB clients in the workgroup
named Workgroup. Opportunistic locking is enabled, as is participation in master browser
elections.
Consider the following when configuring access for your Windows networking clients:
Support for Microsoft Name Resolution Servers
The SnapServer supports NetBIOS, WINS, and DNS name resolution services. However,
when you use a domain name server with a Windows Active Directory (ADS) server, make
sure the forward and reverse name lookup are correctly set up. ADS can use a Unix BIND
server for DNS as well.
ShareName$ Support
GuardianOS supports appending the dollar-sign character ($) to the name of a share in
order to hide the share from SMB clients accessing the SnapServer.
NOTE: As with Windows servers, shares ending in '$' are not truly hidden, but rather are filtered
To completely hide shares from visibility from any protocols, the Security > Shares page
gives you access to a separate and distinct hidden share option that hides a share from
SMB, AFP, HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP clients. However, shares are not hidden from NFS
clients, which cannot connect to shares that aren't visible. To hide shares from NFS clients,
consider disabling NFS access on hidden shares.
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out by the Windows client. As a result, some clients and protocols can still see these
shares.
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