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Server Message Block

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3/21/2011

This package is a Feature Pack in the category System Services\File System. The name of the package as it appears on disk and for use with some command-line tools is WinEmb-FS-SMB.

This package provides support for the Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) protocols for file sharing, and includes tools for managing both shared folders and NFS services.

Settings

No settings provided.

Services

  • Microsoft NFS Client Core
  • Microsoft Server for NFS Open RPC (ONC RPC)
  • Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications

Dependencies

Package Dependencies

This package depends upon the Internet Explorer 8 Foundation package.

Group Dependencies

No group dependencies.

Optional Supporting Packages

You can select any number of packages from the following list:

You can use the optional packages to enable the following functions:

To do this Use these packages

Manage remote devices using the NFS Admin snap-in.

Domain Services

Enable the NFS WMI provider and client cluster support for SMB.

Core File System

Enable integration into the SMB Helper classes.

Network and Sharing Center

Network Diagnostics

Enable the Shared folders user interface to browse and manage local shared folders (for example, adding domain users to a share by browsing Active Directory).

Domain Services

Shell Controls and UI Support Functions

Permit elevation when attempting to share a folder from the desktop.

Application Security

Common Uses

Notes

This package should only be installed on devices that also include functionality such as Application Security, Credentials and Certificate Management, Network Access Protection, Windows Firewall, and so on, that helps to protect it from unauthorized access.

If your device does not require access to files shared from Unix-based computers, you can turn off NFS, to improve performance when browsing for network resources, by clearing the Services for NFS checkbox in the Windows Features dialog box, which is available by clicking Turn Windows features on or off from the Programs and Features item in Control Panel.