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Managing Shares

On the Shares tab (Modules --> File Server --> Shares), you can perform the following actions:

You can view a list of existing shared resources on the Shares tab. The list contains the following information about each share:

Name displays the name of the shared resource;

Real path shows the path to the shared resource;

Description contains the description of the shared directory as specified during its creation

(W)rite permissions whether users can add new files to this directory. The icon means that write permissions are set for this directory. The icon means that the directory is read-only.

To add a new shared resource:

  1. Click the Add New Share button on the Shares tab to open the Editing properties of the shared directory page.
  2. On this page, in the Preferences group of fields, enter the name of the shared directory (Name field), full path to the directory you want to share (Real path field) and its description (Description field). If you want to give write permissions on this directory to network users, select the Writable check box.
  3. To select the users that will have access to the shared directory:

    Select the Any user option button if you want to grant access to the shared directory to all network users;

    OR

    Select the Selected only option button to grant access to the shared directory only to specified users. Select the users that will have access to this directory from the Available users list by using the Add and Remove buttons. If access is allowed for some users, they should specify their login and password to access this folder.

Note: If you want to add other users to the Available users list, you must first add them using the Add New User button on the Users tab. See Managing Users on how to add new users.

Click OK to apply changes or Cancel to cancel the operation.

To edit the properties of a share:

  1. In the list of shares, click the name of the shared directory you want to edit.
  2. You will be taken to the Editing properties of the shared directory page that is the same as that for creating a new share. Change the necessary parameters.
  3. Click OK to apply changes or Cancel to cancel the operation.

See Also

Using Plesk™ File Server

File Server Interface Basics

How to Access File Server

How to Configure File Server Preferences

Managing Users

Managing Broadcast Interfaces

How to Limit Access to File Server