Global Section
[global]
Common keywords:
- workgroup
- This controls what workgroup your server will appear to be in when queried by clients.
- comment
- The equivalent of the NT Description field.
- guest account
- Used to set which user the guest is mapped to.
- log file
- Specifies where to write the log file.
- security
- Specifies the type of security to use. share is like windows
peer-to-peer networking. Only a password is needed to connect to a service. Use user
if the names on your windows system matches the logins on you unix box. server
will use a Windows NT server to check user names.
- interfaces
- Used when you have multiple network cards/connections.