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MAN Solaris - shares-admin (1)

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shares-admin - Enables the configuration of shared NFS / SMB directories.

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shares-admin [--add-share=PATH] [gnome-std-options]

shares-admin enables a user to configure the sharing of directories / filesystems. These can be shared using either NFS or SAMBA.

This is linked to the ability to right-click on a directory in Nautilus and select "Share folder".

The following options are supported:

-a, --add-share=PATH Configure a share for the specified PATH.

gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.

Example 1: Running the main application.

example% shares-admin

Example 2: Sharing a specific directory.

example% shares-admin --add-share=/export/home/shared

The following exit values are returned:

0 Application exited successfully

>0 Application exited with failure

The following files are used by this application:

/usr/bin/shares-admin Executable for directory sharing configuration.

/var/spool/setup-tool-backends/backup/shares

Backup directory for files that are modified.

/var/run/setup-tool-backends/debug/shares

Debug logs can be found under here.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWgnome-system-tools
Interface stability	Uncommitted

Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

users-admin(1), network-admin(1), services-admin(1), time-admin(1), gnome-std-options(5), attributes(5)

Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006.

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