About Windows (SMB) Shares Adding an SMB Share Adding an SMB Share Dataset Creating Local User Accounts Tuning the Dataset ACL Creating the SMB Share Configuring Share Advanced Options Settings Enabling ACL Support Setting Up Guest Access Setting Up Read or Write Access Setting Up Host Allow and Host Deny Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) Compatibility Starting the SMB Service Starting the Service Using the Windows SMB Share Starting the Service Using System Settings Service Configuration Mounting the SMB Share Mounting on a Linux System Mounting on a Windows System Mounting on an Apple System Mounting on a FreeBSD System About Windows (SMB) Shares SMB (also known as CIFS) is the native file-sharing system in Windows.
Migrating AFP Shares Connecting Migrated Shares Since the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) for shares is deprecated and no longer receives updates, it is not in TrueNAS SCALE.
However, users can sidegrade a TrueNAS CORE configuration into SCALE, so TrueNAS SCALE migrates previously-saved AFP configurations into SMB configurations.
Migrating AFP Shares To prevent data corruption that could result from the sidegrade operation, in TrueNAS SCALE, go to Windows (SMB) Shares, select the more_vert for the share, then select Edit to open the Edit SMB screen.
Managing SMB Shares Modifying ACL Permissions for SMB Shares Configuring SMB Share ACL Configuring Dataset File System ACL Using Preset ACL Entries (ACEs) on an NFSv4 ACL Editor Using ACL Entries (ACEs) on a POSIX ACL Editor To access SMB share management options from the Sharing > Windows (SMB) Shares screen you need to access the Sharing >SMB screen that lists all SMB shares on the system. To access this, after going to Shares, click the Windows (SMB) Shares launch launch icon.
Sharing SMB Screen Windows (SMB) Shares Widget Sharing SMB Details Screen Add and Edit SMB Screens SMB Share ACL Screen Edit Filesystem ACL Screen The first SMB share screen to display after you click Shares is the Sharing screen with the service widgets for the four supported share types.
Sharing SMB Screen If you have not added SMB shares to the system, clicking the Windows (SMB) Shares option on the Sharing screen displays the No SMB Shares have been configured yet screen with the Add SMB Share button in the center of the screen.
Setting Up a Basic Time Machine SMB Share Creating the Dataset for the Share Modify the SMB Service Create the Basic Time Machine SMB Share SCALE uses predefined setting options to establish an SMB share that fits a predefined purpose, such as a basic time machine share.
Setting Up a Basic Time Machine SMB Share To set up a basic time machine share:
Create the user(s) that use this share.
