Specifications
Chapter 5 Working with SMB Service 103
Conguring SMB Service Advanced Settings
Use the Advanced pane of SMB service settings in Server Admin to choose a client
code page, set the server to be a workgroup or domain master browser, specify the
server’s WINS registration, and enable virtual share points for user homes.
To congure SMB service Advanced settings:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click the triangle at the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
3 From the expanded Servers list, select SMB.
4 Click Settings, then click Advanced.
5 From the Code Page pop-up menu, choose the character set you want clients to use.
6 Select how you want the server to perform discovery and browsing services:
To provide discovery and browsing of servers in a single subnet, select “Services: Â
Workgroup Master Browser.”
To provide discovery and browsing of servers across subnets, select “Services: Â
Domain Master Browser.”
7 Select how you want the server to register with WINS:
To prevent your server from using or providing WINS for NetBIOS name resolution, Â
select “O.”
To enable your server to provide NetBIOS name resolution service, select “Enable Â
WINS server.” This feature enables clients across multiple subnets to perform name
and address resolution.
To enable your server to use an existing WINS service for NetBIOS name resolution, Â
select “Register with WINS server” and enter the IP address or DNS name of the
WINS server.
8 Select whether you want virtual share points to be enabled:
If you enable virtual share points, each user has the same network home folder Â
whether they log in from a Windows workstation or a Mac OS X computer.
If you disable virtual share points, you must set up an SMB share point for Windows Â
home folders and you must congure each Windows user account to use this
share point.
9 Click Save.