Specifications

Managing SMB Service
This section describes typical tasks you might perform after you set up SMB service on
your server. Initial setup information appears in “Setting Up SMB Service” on page 97.
Viewing SMB Service Status
Use Server Admin to view the status of SMB service.
To view SMB service status:
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 To see whether the service is running, when it started, the number of connections,
and whether guest access is enabled, click Overview.
5 To review the event log, click Logs.
Use the View pop-up menu to choose which logs to view.
6 To see a graph of connected users, click Graphs.
Use the pop-up menu to choose the duration to graph data for.
7 To see a list of connected users, click Connections.
The list includes the user name, the user’s IP address or domain name, and the
duration of connection.
From the command line:
You can also view the status of the SMB service process using the ps or top commands
in Terminal. To view the log les (located in /Library/Logs/WindowsServices/), use the
cat or tail command.
To view SMB service status: m
$ sudo serveradmin settings status smb
To view complete SMB service status: m
$ sudo serveradmin settings fullstatus smb
For more information about command-line parameters for SMB, see “SMB
Parameters” on page 150. For information about serveradmin, see its man page.
For the basics of command-line tool usage, see Introduction to Command-Line
Administration.
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