From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 19:47:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8A916A4CE for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:47:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from usw2.natel.net (2b.bz [209.152.117.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34EBD43D2F for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:47:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from WD@US-Webmasters.com) Received: (qmail 53597 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2004 19:47:35 -0000 Received: from batv-01-046.dialup.netins.net (HELO xyz.US-Webmasters.com) (216.248.109.47) by us-webmasters.com with SMTP; 23 Sep 2004 19:47:35 -0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20040923144319.05979490@209.152.117.178> X-Sender: wd@209.152.117.178 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:46:55 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, samba@lists.samba.org From: "W. D." In-Reply-To: <200409231820.i8NIK6h13216@yoda.pixi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: knowtree@aloha.com Subject: Re: [Samba] Re: Samba public directory on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:47:37 -0000 At 13:20 9/23/2004, knowtree@aloha.com wrote: >> What is recommended for a public, 'free-for-all', >> anyone can read or write directory on FreeBSD? >>=20 >> What are the reasons for preferring one place=20 >> over another? >>=20 >> Would these work? >>=20 >> /usr/local/share/sambapublic/ >> /usr/share/sambapublic/ >> /home/sambapublic/ > >I recommend a separate partition, so that when it eventually gets filled up >-- and these things always do -- your system will not be adversly affected. >You can mount the partition wherever you want. In your three examples, >"sambapublic" could be a file system mounted on /usr/local/share, >/usr/share, or /home. Thanks for the info. I just wanted to stick with the FreeBSD standard if there was one. How can I add a new partition? Can that be done after the OS and data are on the drive? What program? What would it be called? >What we are talking about here is the OS view. To the Windows user what >counts is the share name. On server fattoad, any one of these directories >could be shared out as "pub" (or whatever name you like). The windows users >will not see the OS pathname. Understood. That's a neato feature of Samba. > >Gary Dunn >Honolulu > > > >--=20 >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 ->= http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/