Menu path: Setup > Network > Network Drives > Windows Drive

In this area, you can integrate network drives shared by Windows as well as those from Linux/Unix servers via the SMB protocol (Samba).

You can find a sample configuration at the end of this page.


To manage the drive list, proceed as follows:
  • Click to create a new entry.
  • Click to remove the selected entry.
  • Click to edit the selected entry.
  • Click Kopieren to copy the selected entry.

Clicking will bring up the Add dialogue, where you can define the following settings:

  • Enabled: Defines whether the configuration entry will be applied.

    ☑ The network drive will be integrated.

  • Local Mount Point: The local directory under which the server directory is to be visible (default: /smbmount)
  • Server: The IP address, Fully-Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or NetBIOS name of the server.
  • Share Name: Path name as exported by the Windows or Unix Samba host.
  • User name: User name for your user account on the Windows or Unix Samba host.
  • Password: Password for your user account on the Windows or Unix Samba host.
  • User writable

    ☑ The user can not only read but also write directory contents. Otherwise, only the local root user is able to do this.

    ☐ The user can only read directory contents. (default)

Sample configuration entry

The following picture shows a sample configuration entry.

If a NetBios name is provided for Server, make sure it is not preceded by slashes, e.g. \\myComputer (wrong) vs. myComputer (correct).

For Local Mount Point, only / (Linux/Unix-style forward slash) can be used as a path separator. Note that if you enter, for example, \smbmount as a moint point, a directory called \smbmount will be created, because \ is a legal character in Linux directory names. For Share Name, however, / (Linux/Unix-style forward slash) or \ (Windows-style backward slash) can be used as a path separator.