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.
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.
The SCALE CLI guide is a work in progress! New namespace and command documentation is continually added and maintained, so check back here often to see what is new! Related CLI Sharing Articles iSCSI NFS Related SMB Articles Adding SMB Shares Managing SMB Shares SMB Shares Screens Adding a Basic Time Machine SMB Share Using SMB Shadow Copy Multiprotocol Shares Setting Up SMB Home Shares SMB SMB Service Screen
About SMB Shadow Copies Enabling Shadow Copies Deleting Shadow Copies Enable Shadow Copies exports ZFS snapshots as Shadow Copies for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) clients.
About SMB Shadow Copies Shadow Copies, also known as the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) or Previous Versions, is a Microsoft service for creating volume snapshots. You can use shadow copies to restore previous versions of files from within Windows Explorer.
By default, all ZFS snapshots for a dataset underlying an SMB share path are presented to SMB clients through the volume shadow copy service or are accessible directly with SMB when the hidden ZFS snapshot directory is within the SMB share path.
About Multiprotocol Shares First Steps Configuring and Starting Services Configuring the SMB Service Starting the SMB Service Configuring the NFS Service Starting the NFS Service Joining Active Directory Creating a Multiprotocol Share Dataset Adjusting the Dataset ACL Adding a Multiprotocol Share Creating the SMB Share Creating the NFS Share Connecting to a Multiprotocol Share About Multiprotocol Shares A multiprotocol or mixed-mode NFS and SMB share supports both NFS and SMB protocols for sharing data.
Setting Up SMB Home Shares Creating a Pool and Joining Active Directory Setting Dataset Permissions Creating the Share Adding Users Setting Up SMB Home Shares TrueNAS offers the Use as Home Share option for organizations or SMEs that want to use a single SMB share to provide a personal directory to every user account. Each user is given a personal home directory when connecting to the share. These home directories are not accessible by other users.
Configuring SMB Service The Services > SMB screen displays after going to the Shares screen, finding the Windows (SMB) Shares section, and clicking more_vert + Config Service. Alternatively, you can go to System Settings > Services and click the edit edit icon for the SMB service.
Configuring SMB Service The SMB Services screen displays setting options to configure TrueNAS SMB settings to fit your use case. In most cases, you can set the required fields and accept the rest of the setting defaults.
Basic Options Settings Advanced Options Settings The SMB Services screen displays setting options to configure TrueNAS SMB settings to fit your use case. The Basic Options settings continue to display after selecting the Advanced Options screen.
Figure 1: - SMB Service Basic Options Click Save or Cancel to close the configuration screen and return to the Services screen.
Basic Options Settings Setting Description NetBIOS Name Automatically populated with the original system host name.
