If you want it to access any windows shares, or access any of its files from a windows machine then you'll need to install samba on it. If you are just talking unix to unix then you can use NFS but ...

When it comes to sharing files across different machines, there are two protocols that most home labbers and tinkerers consider first: NFS and SMB. Both get the job done, but they serve different ...

I have this one little issue with my home 3-node PVE cluster. One node is the fileserver with a large zfs pool exported via NFS to the other 2 nodes. This node also happens to be the one that boots ...