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How to Configure File Server Preferences

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

To disable your file server:

Click the Disable button in the Tools section of the Status tab.

To view the current status of your file server, open the Status tab. In the Current statistics section, you can see whether your file server is started or stopped. The statistics on the current connections to shared directories is provided in the table with the following columns:

Share – name of the shared resource

Host – name of the remote host currently connected to the shared directory

User – user name who is currently connected to the shared directory

To view and edit the file server preferences:

  1. Click the Preferences button in the Tools section of the Status tab. The page that opens displays the preferences of your file server.
  2. To change the workgroup for your server on the Microsoft network, click in the Workgroup field and enter the name of a workgroup. The Description field contains an optional description of your file server. You can edit the description, if needed.
  3. You can also configure the following security parameters for your Samba server:

To refresh data on the current connections to your file server:

Click the Refresh button on the Status tab. The list of current connections and file server status will be refreshed.

See Also

Using Plesk™ File Server

File Server Interface Basics

How to Access File Server

Managing Users

Managing Shares

Managing Broadcast Interfaces

How to Limit Access to File Server