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Samba/iX Services

Samba/iX Conﬁguration File Options

Share Conﬁguration Options

This section covers the share conﬁguration options that you use when

you conﬁgure for a speciﬁc disk or printer share in the Samba/iX

conﬁguration ﬁle.

Setting the Shared Directory

path The path parameter speciﬁes the pathname of the

shared directory.

Example: path = /usr/local/samba/docs

For printer services, this parameter describes the

directory used to temporarily spool ﬁles sent from

clients for printing before they are spooled to the local

HP 3000 printer.

Example: path = /usr/local/samba/spool

Browser Option

browseable This parameter controls whether this share is seen in

the list of available shares in the browse list.

Example: browseable = yes

Default: browseable = yes

Available This parameter lets you remove a service from

availability. If available is no, all attempts to connect to

the service will fail. Using this option preserves the

service’s settings and is usually more convenient than

commenting out the service.

Example: available = no

Default: available = yes

Comment Option

comment The “comment” parameter speciﬁes the comment

message in the share services.

Example: comment = share “public” service for guest

users.

Printing Access

print ok The “print ok” option is speciﬁed in the

[prints] section

to enable the share for printing access.