Samba File Server Configuration (SMB/CIFS)

Introduction

ownCloud can connect to Windows file servers, and other SMB-compatible servers (e.g., Samba), by using the SMB/CIFS backend.

Dependencies

To connect ownCloud to an SMB file server, you need to prepare your server. Please see the Manual Installation on Linux guides for more information, prerequisites and requirements.

Access Testing

To ensure that you can connect to your file server with SMB, do a small test upfront like the following.

sudo smbclient -L <file_server_name> -U <full_domain_name>/<user_name>

Please fix any issues before you connect ownCloud to a SMB file server.

Configuration

When configuring ownCloud, you will need the following information:

  • The folder name, which will be your local mount point.

  • The URL of the Samba server.

  • The username or domain/username used to login to the Samba server.

  • The password to login to the Samba server.

  • The share name to mount on the remote Samba server.

  • The remote subfolder inside the remote Samba share to mount. This is optional, as it defaults to /.

    To assign the ownCloud logon username automatically to the subfolder, use $user instead of a subfolder name. The foldername=username must be present and is not created on access.

  • The ownCloud users and groups who get access to the share.

Optionally, you can specify a Domain. This is useful in cases where the SMB server requires a domain and a username, and an advanced authentication mechanism like Active Directory (AD), or when using session credentials where the username cannot be modified. This is concatenated with the username, so the backend gets domain\username

Samba external storage configuration.

Further Information