Setting Up a Oracle Solaris SMB Server to Manage and Share Files

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Chapter 3

You can configure an Oracle Solaris 11.2 SMB file server to run as a stand-alone server (workgroup mode) or to run in an existing Windows environment (domain mode). This type of server can provide access to SMB shares for both Oracle Solaris and Windows systems. This chapter describes how to configure an Oracle Solaris server, create and manage SMB shares, and customize the server and shares for your environment.

Note - Currently, the SMB service runs only in the global zone.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Disabling the Samba Service
Configuring the SMB Server Operation Mode
Managing SMB Shares
Managing SMB Groups
Configuring the WINS Service
Enabling CATIA V4/V5 Character Translations
Configuring SMB Printing
Troubleshooting the SMB Service

For a high-level overview of the SMB server configuration process, see Configuring the SMB Server – Process Overview.

Note - Common Internet File System (CIFS) is an enhanced version of the SMB protocol that allows SMB clients to access files and resources from the SMB server. The terms CIFS and SMB can be considered interchangeable.