Fwd: Re: A question about ZFS built-in SMB

Freddie Cash fjwcash at gmail.com
Sun Jul 5 16:03:11 UTC 2015


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From: "Freddie Cash" <fjwcash at gmail.com>
Date: Jul 5, 2015 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: A question about ZFS built-in SMB
To: "Quartz" <quartz at sneakertech.com>
Cc:


On Jul 5, 2015 8:13 AM, "Quartz" <quartz at sneakertech.com> wrote:
>
> Assuming the following:
>
> - A server running FreeBSD 10.1
>
> - A ZFS pool with no restrictions on how it can be set up
>
> - Clients running Windows XP/Vista/7/8
>
> - The need for a "public share" with two main directories, which we'll
call 'stuff' and 'dropbox'. Anonymous guest users have read/write access to
'dropbox', and read-only access to 'stuff' as well as being restricted in
which files and directories they can even see there. Admin-class users have
full permissions and visibility to both directories.
>
>
>
> Is installing Samba still a requirement, or is ZFS's built-in SMB sharing
complete and robust enough now to be able to handle everything natively?
(Alternatively, is SMB itself even still a requirement or are there other
options these days (that don't require installing software or custom
configs on the clients))?

SMB support is only built-in on Solaris derivatives. You need Samba on
everything else.


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