Managing file servers

Open the Admin Console, and then click Fileservers.

On the Fileservers page, click Edit.

You see the Edit: Fileservers page. The page is divided up into sections for Filesystem properties, CIFS properties, and FTP properties.

Set the Filesystem property:

Filesystem property	Example setting	What is it?
Filesystem Name	Alfresco	This is the name given to the file system when using CIFS, WebDAV, or FTP. For example, Alfresco.

Set the CIFS properties for connecting to Alfresco using CIFS:

CIFS property	Example setting	What is it?
CIFS Enabled	enabled	This checkbox enables or disables the CIFS server.
Host Announce	enabled	This checkbox enables the announcement of the CIFS server to the local domain/workgroup so that it shows up in Network Places/Network Neighborhood.
Domain		This is the domain or workgroup to which the server belongs. This defaults to the domain/workgroup of the server, if not specified.
Server Name	${localname}A	This is the host name for the Alfresco CIFS server. This can be a maximum of 16 characters and must be unique on the network. You can use the special token {localname} in place of the local server's host name and a unique name can be generated by prepending/ appending to it.
Session Timeout	900	This is the CIFS session timeout value in seconds. The default session timeout is 15 minutes. If no I/O occurs on the session within this time then the session will be closed by the server. Windows clients send keep-alive requests, usually within 15 minutes.

Set the FTP properties for connecting to Alfresco using FTP:

FTP property	Example setting	What is it?
FTP Enabled	Enabled	This checkbox enables or disables the FTP server.
Port	2121	This is the port that the FTP server listens for incoming connections on.
Dataport From	0	This sets the lower limit for the data ports range of ports.
Dataport To	0	This sets the upper limit for the data ports range of ports.

Click Save.

If you do not want to save the changes, click Cancel.