Specifications

Connecting from a Client
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Connecting from a Client
A Snap Server, once installed, appears on the network as a server with a shared folder.
Windows (SMB)
Windows clients can connect to the Snap Server using either the server name or IP
address. To navigate to the server using Windows Explorer, use one of these
procedures:
• For Microsoft Windows 2000, Me, or XP clients, navigate to
My Network Places >
workgroup_name > server_name
.
• For Microsoft Windows 95, 98, or NT clients, navigate to
Network Neighborhood >
workgroup_name > server_name.
Unix/Linux (NFS)
A share on a Snap Server is equivalent to an exported file system on an NFS server.
NFS users can mount Snap Server shares and access content directly, or mount a
subdirectory of a share, using the following procedure:
1
From a command line, enter the following command:
mount server_name:/share_name /local_mount
where
server_name
is the name or IP address of the server,
share_name
is the
name of the share you want to mount, and
local_mount
is the name of the
mount target directory.
2
Press
Enter
to connect to the specified share on the server.
Macintosh (AFP)
Some Snap Server terms may cause confusion for those familiar with Apple
terminology. For example, share terminology differs. Each Snap Server share (or
shared folder) appears as a Macintosh volume that can be accessed through the
Chooser. Unlike standard AppleShare servers, the Snap Server allows nested shares
(shared folders within shared folders). As a result, it is possible for some files or
directories to appear in more than one shared folder.
Share names are also handled differently. By default, the Chooser identifies Snap
Server shares using only the share name. To display both the share name and the
server name, enable the
Add Server Name to...
check box on the
Network > AFP
screen. This strategy allows Macintosh applications to differentiate between shared
folders with the same share name on multiple servers. For example, SHARE1 on
SNAP61009 refers to the share named SHARE1 on the Snap Server named
SNAP61009.