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Samba (UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X 10.3/10.4)

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Samba 2.2.8a or later is supported.

In some environments, detailed settings may be required in order to use the Samba. For details, consult the administrator for the network you are using.

  1. Set up the users who access the Samba shared folder, and their passwords.

Set a user name not longer than 20 alphanumeric characters, and a password not longer than 14 alphanumeric characters.

  • UNIX/Linux:
  • Mac OS X 10.3/10.4:

  • UNIX/Linux:
  • Log in to a workstation as a superuser, and set the user name and password.

  • Mac OS X 10.3/10.4:
  • See the documentation provided with your Macintosh to set the user name and password.

  1. Set a recipient address using the control panel.

There are three methods for specifying the recipient address; selecting the desired address from the list that appears when you press [Browse], searching for the address by pressing [Search Host], or entering the address using the keyboard on the touch panel display.

Sample recipient setting:

  • Server side settings:
Computer name: swan
Share name: share
Create a folder called 'Images' within share, and then specify Images as the recipient for sending.
  • The machine's recipient settings:
<Protocol>: Windows (SMB)
[Host Name]: \\swan\share (Shared folder path)
[Folder Path]: \Images
[User Name]: User name entered in the above step.
[Password]: Password for the above user.
For a sample screen, see the example of Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista/7/Server 2008 R2 screen.
  • If you use [Browse] to specify each item, press [Browse] after the expiration of the time specified in "Startup Time Settings."
  • Up to 128 alphanumeric characters can be entered for [Host Name] on the control panel. Also, up to 255 alphanumeric characters can be entered for [Folder Path].
  • If you change the language of the touch panel display, [Host Name] and [Folder Path] may not be displayed correctly, or you may not be able to browse the directories.
  • If the language of the touch panel display differs from the computer used as a master browser, [Host Name] and [Folder Path] may not be displayed correctly, or you may not be able to browse the directories.
  • You can send data using the following formats. A DNS server is required for the latter case.
    \\192.168.2.100\share
    \\host_name.organization.company.com\share
  • You can also specify the user name in the address using the following format.
  • domain_name\user_name (up to 15 alphanumeric characters for the domain name, and up to 20 for the user name)
    If you specify the user name in this format, the user authority for the specified domain is applied to SMB communication.

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