Accessing network shares through Bitvise SSH Server

Bitvise SSH Server can be configured to provide users with access to network resources exposed by other computers reachable from the computer where the SSH server is installed.

Access to network resources can be configured in the following ways.

If your SSH users are logging in with Windows domain accounts; and if their domain accounts have the Windows security permissions necessary to access the network shares; then these network shares can be accessed through SFTP or SCP without extra configuration:

• If the users have access to the server's entire filesystem (their root mount point is mapped to ""), they can access network shares from their SFTP client simply by entering the network path in the form "/computer/sharename".
• If users aren't permitted to access the entire filesystem, you can add file shares they should have access to by configuring them as mount points. For example, you can add a mount point that defines SFTP virtual path "/sharename" and maps it to real path "\\computer\sharename".

If your SSH users aren't logging in with domain accounts, or if they don't have Windows security permissions necessary to access the network shares on other computers, you need to explicitly configure the network shares in Bitvise SSH Server. You can do so as follows:

• In Advanced settings, open the group or account settings entry for the account or group that should have access to the network share.
• From the group or account settings entry, open Windows file shares, and click Add. Configure the network share, and the credentials necessary to access the share. You can also configure an optional drive letter to which the share should be mapped.
• If the user has access to the server's entire filesystem, the user can now access the share through the drive letter. If the user is not permitted to access the entire filesystem, you can allow them to access the file share by adding a mount point that defines SFTP virtual path "/sharename" and maps it to real path "\\computer\sharename", or you can map it to the local drive letter you configured.