User`s guide
Configure Authentication for the CLI
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Configuration for a Samba Server
On the Samba server 
Make a shared folder to use a Windows machine for a Samba server. For a 
Linux machine, run the smb service. 
On the Digi Passport 
1. In the Web interface, go to Network > Samba configuration.
2. Set Samba configuration values as follows:
• Samba service: Enable 
• Samba server name: IP address or Computer name of Samba 
server 
• Mounting path on Samba server: shared folder name (should be 
started with '/'. e.g. /share) 
• Samba timeout (sec, 5-3600): 5 (this is a default value) 
• Samba mount retrying interval (sec, 5-3600): 5 (this a default 
value) 
• Samba server user: User name of Samba server, if the Samba 
server is a Windows server. The user name must be prefixed with 
the domain, for example, "digi\username"
• Samba server password: Password of the user 
The Samba directory will be mounted in the Digi Passport unit’s file system 
in the /mnt/smb directory. 










