Data is stored and organized by users in Shares, which are exposed to clients via various protocols including Samba/CIFS and NFS. Before storing any data, at least one Share must be created. See :ref:`createshare` for a detailed description on how to do that.
Samba/CIFS is the standard way to store and access data in Shares from Windows, Mac and Linux clients such as desktops and laptops. In order to access a Share, it must be first made availabe. See :ref:`sharesamba` for details. Once a Share is configured for Samba/CIFS availability, data can be stored and accessed from various clients as described below.
On a Unix/Linux client, the RockStor server will appear in the File explorer application as an entry of the form RockStor@<ip-address> under Browse Network . Clicking on the server will display the available exported shares that have Browseable true.
If the RockStor server does not appear in the File explorer, a connection can be made by selecting 'Connect to Server'
Connecting to a share can be done by clicking on it, and authenticating as a specific user who has permissions to access the share, or as a guest user.
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On a Mac OS, the RockStor server will appear in the Finder sidebar, as an entry of the form RockStor@<ip-address>. Connecting to the server can be done by clicking on the entry, and authenticating as a specific user who has permissions to access the share, (or as a guest user, if the share has Guest OK set to true) as shown below.
If the Share has browseable set to true, it will appear as a folder in the Finder after successfully connecting to the server.
On the command line, the available exported shares will appear as folders under /Volumnes
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