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Samba filesharing

Sharing files between operating systems

A Samba server running on zephir allows a user to access Unix filesystems within a Windows environment.

A unix filesystem can be accessed via Windows Explorer by mapping the drive according to the path specification (see table below).


Path specification for Windows Unix filesystem Description
\\zephir\{unix_username} kaputar:/export/narusers/{unix_home_directory} Home directory - unix user
\\namoi\www namoi:/var/www/vhosts/narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/htdocs webserver document directory
\\zephir\datakaputar_1 kaputar:/data/KAPUTAR_1 Operations Staff directory (backed up)
\\zephir\datakaputar_2 kaputar:/data/KAPUTAR_2 Local Staff data directory (not backed up)
\\zephir\datakaputar_3 kaputar:/data/KAPUTAR_3 Visitor data directory (not backed up)
\\zephir\CACCC_1 cadata:/data/CACCC_1/corr/dat -

Mapping a unix drive

How to map a Windows directory (shared drive)


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Original: John Giovannis (8th March 2004), modified: Brett Lennon (March 25, 2009)