Specifications

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Step 7: Start SMB service
After you congure SMB, start the services to make them available. See “Starting SMB
Service” on page 105.
Turning On SMB Service
Before you can congure SMB settings, you must turn on SMB service.
To turn on SMB service:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click Settings, then click services.
3 Click the SMB checkbox.
4 Click Save.
Setting Up SMB Service
You set up SMB service by conguring four groups of settings on the Settings pane for
SMB service in Server Admin:
 General. Specify the server’s role in providing SMB service and the server’s identity
among clients of its SMB service.
 Access. Limit the number of clients and control guest access.
 Logging. Choose how much information is recorded in the service log.
 Advanced. Congure WINS registration and domain browsing services, choose
a code page for clients, and control virtual share points for home folders.
Because the default settings work well if you want to provide only SMB le and print
services, you may only need to start SMB service. Nonetheless, check the settings and
change anything that is incorrect for your network.
To set up a Mac OS X Server as one of the following, you must change some settings:
A Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Â
A Backup Domain Controller (BDC) Â
A member of the Windows domain of Mac OS X Server PDC Â
A member of an Active Directory domain of a Windows server Â
In addition, your Windows client computers must be congured to access SMB service
on Mac OS X Server as described at the end of this chapter, especially if users will log
in to the Windows domain.
The following sections describe how to congure these settings and how to start
SMB service.