Drives

Drives is where you configure CIFS drives for accessing files and directories on the network.

No drive defined

When no drive is configured yet, the page shows a No drive defined notice next to Add Drive.

Adding a CIFS drive

  1. Click Add Drive.

    Adding a new CIFS drive

  2. Fill in the following fields to identify the network share and the credentials used to connect to it:

    Field Type Description
    Local directory Text field Local mount point where the network share appears on the device. Required.
    Server Text field Name or address of the CIFS/SMB server. Required.
    Share path Text field Path of the share on the server. Required.
    Username Text field User name for the share, in <Domain>\<Username> format. Required.
    Password Text field Password for the share. Has a show/hide (eye) icon. Not marked required.

    Local directory, Server, Share path, and Username are mandatory — clicking Test or Apply while any of them is empty outlines that field in red with a Cannot be empty message and does not proceed:

    Add CIFS drive validation

  3. Optionally, click Test to verify the connection before saving.

  4. Click Apply.

The drive appears in the drives list. To remove a drive, use its delete action in the list.

Drives