Sharing Your Repository Folder

• 1 Sharing Your Repository Folder
  • 1.1 On Windows
  • 1.2 On Linux
    • 1.2.1 Using a Folder Browser
    • 1.2.2 Using a Samba Share
    • 1.2.3 Using an NFS Share
  • 1.3 On Mac OSX

On Windows

Note that the images shown here are from Windows XP, but the procedure is basically the same for any version of Windows.

• On the machine where the Deadline Repository is installed, navigate to the folder where it is installed using Windows Explorer.
• Right-click on the Deadline Repository folder and select Properties from the menu.
• Select the Sharing tab.

• Select the option to Share This Folder, then specify the share name.
• Click the Permissions button.

• Give Full Control to the Everyone user.
• Press OK on the Permissions dialog and then the Properties dialog.

If you're unable to see the Sharing tab, you may need to disable Simple File Sharing in the Explorer Folder Options.

On Linux

There are a few ways this can be done, and this just covers a few of them.

Using a Folder Browser

Note that the images shown here are from openSuse, but the procedure should be basically the same for any version of Linux.

• On the machine where the Deadline Repository is installed, navigate to the folder where it is installed using a folder browser.
• Right-click on the Deadline Repository folder and select Sharing Options from the menu.

• Select the option to Share This Folder, then specify the share name.
• Select the option to allow other people to write in this folder.
• Press the Create Share button.

Using a Samba Share

This is an example entry in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file:

    [DeadlineRepository]
    path = /usr/local/DeadlineRepository/
    writeable = Yes
    guest ok = Yes
    create mask = 0777
    force create mode = 0777
    force directory mode = 0777
    unix extensions = No

Using an NFS Share

This is an example NFS configuration:

• Path: /usr/local/DeadlineRepository4/
• Host wild card: *
• Options: rw,insecure,all_squash

On Mac OSX

Note that the images shown here are from Leopard (10.5), but the procedure is basically the same for any version of Mac OSX.

• Open System Preferences, and select the Sharing option.

• Make sure File Sharing is enabled, and then add the Repository folder to the list of shared folders.
• Under Users, give everyone Read & Write privileges.
• If sharing with Windows machines, press the Options button and make sure the "Share files and folders using SMB (Windows)" is enabled.