SMB/CIFS

ownCloud can connect to Windows file servers or other SMB-compatible servers with the SMB/CIFS backend.

Note

ownCloud’s SMB/CIFS backend requires either the libsmbclient-php module (version 0.8.0+) or the smbclient command (and its dependencies) to be installed on the ownCloud server. We highly recommend libsmbclient-php, but it isn’t required. If installed, however, smbclient won’t be needed. Most Linux distributions provide libsmbclient-php and, typically, name it php-smbclient.

You also need the Samba client installed on your Linux system. This is included in all Linux distributions; on Debian, Ubuntu, and other Debian derivatives this is smbclient. On SUSE, Red Hat, CentOS, and other Red Hat derivatives it is samba-client. You also need which and stdbuf, which should be included in most Linux distributions.

You need the following information:

  • Folder name for your local mountpoint.
  • Host: The URL of the Samba server.
  • Username: The username or domain/username used to login to the Samba server.
  • Password: the password to login to the Samba server.
  • Share: The share on the Samba server to mount.
  • Remote Subfolder: The remote subfolder inside the Samba share to mount (optional, defaults to /). To assign the ownCloud logon username automatically to the subfolder, use $user instead of a particular subfolder name.
  • And finally, the ownCloud users and groups who get access to the share.

Optionally, you can specify a Domain. This is useful in cases where the SMB server requires a domain and a username, and an advanced authentication mechanism like session credentials is used so that the username cannot be modified. This is concatenated with the username, so the backend gets domain\username

Samba external storage configuration.

See Configuring External Storage (GUI) for additional mount options and information.

See External Storage Authentication mechanisms for more information on authentication schemes.