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Date:      Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:46:55 -0500
From:      "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, samba@lists.samba.org
Cc:        knowtree@aloha.com
Subject:   Re: [Samba] Re: Samba public directory on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20040923144319.05979490@209.152.117.178>
In-Reply-To: <200409231820.i8NIK6h13216@yoda.pixi.com>

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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
>
>
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