Add link to Samba, link to settings option
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File storage
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The files are stored and placed under Mayan EDMS "control" to avoid
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The files are stored and placed under **Mayan EDMS** "control" to avoid
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filename clashes (each file gets renamed to its UUID and with an extension)
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and stored in a simple flat arrangement in a directory. This doesn't
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stop access to the files but it is not recommended because moving,
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@@ -12,14 +12,19 @@ index which would create a directory tree like structure in the database
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and then turn on the index filesystem mirror options which would create
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an actual directory tree and links to the actual stored files but using
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the filename of the documents as stored in the database. This
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filesystem mirror of the index can them be shared with Samba across the
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filesystem mirror of the index can them be shared with Samba_ across the
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network. This access would be read-only, and new versions of the files
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would have to be uploaded from the web GUI using the new document
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versioning support.
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Mayan's EDMS components are as decoupled from each other as possible,
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**Mayan EDMS** components are as decoupled from each other as possible,
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storage in this case is very decoupled and its behavior is controlled
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not by the project but by the Storage progamming class. Why this design?
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All the other part don't make any assumptions about the actual file
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storage, so that Mayan EDMS can work saving files locally, over the
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storage, so that **Mayan EDMS** can work saving files locally, over the
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network or even across the internet and still operate exactly the same.
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The file storage behavior is controlled by the :setting:`DOCUMENTS_STORAGE_BACKEND`
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and should be set to a class or subclass of Django's ``django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage`` class.
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.. _Samba: http://www.samba.org/
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