[Samba] volume parameter PLEASE!

Tom Skeren tms3 at fsklaw.net
Wed May 19 18:08:59 GMT 2004


I'm not that nice to my users.  ;-) They get what I give them, but 
nothing stops you from doing this

[share]
    path = /home/some_directory

[Pretty share name]
    path=/exact same as above.

Never used volume.  Could be a bug in the version your using. 

undergra wrote:

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>>Change [share] to [anothername].  Seems simple enough, I can't see any
>>reason to not do this.
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>the reason is by the users. For administrate and mount
>shares i use short names, but for users is more pretty
>use long names. For example, the share [homes] on
>windows is more pretty see the text "My Disc", "My home", "my personal
>files" etc. than "homes"
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>The parameter "volume" do this but not works
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>>undergra wrote:
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>>>The 'volume' parameter works fine? I would like
>>>change the share name on windows but not works!
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>>>The share:
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>>>[share]
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>>>       path = /home/unipost/barcelona/industria9/admision
>>>       volume = anothername
>>>       writeable = yes
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>>>When i try to mount "share" windows shows the name
>>>"share" and not "anothername"
>>>
>>>Anyone help me please?
>>>
>>>thanks!
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