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Samba Server Config

This document discusses how to configure a Samba server on Linux to share directories with Windows clients. It covers editing the smb.conf configuration file to specify settings like the workgroup, shares, users, and passwords. It also describes using commands like service smb restart to start the Samba service and smbclient to connect to shares from Linux. Nautilus can also be used to browse available Samba shares on the network. The goal is to set up a Samba server that allows authorized Linux and Windows users to access shared files and directories.

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Samba Server Config

This document discusses how to configure a Samba server on Linux to share directories with Windows clients. It covers editing the smb.conf configuration file to specify settings like the workgroup, shares, users, and passwords. It also describes using commands like service smb restart to start the Samba service and smbclient to connect to shares from Linux. Nautilus can also be used to browse available Samba shares on the network. The goal is to set up a Samba server that allows authorized Linux and Windows users to access shared files and directories.

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Samba Server Configuration

 Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf

Provide details in smb.conf file

Restart samba daemon by service smb restart

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Details of windows share


Specify the windows workgroup in smb conf file

workgroup = WORKGROUPNAME

server string = BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT SERVER

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Creation of samba share directory

To create a Samba share directory on your Linux server, add the following section to
your smb.conf file

[sharename]

comment = Insert a comment here

path = /home/share/

valid users = tfox carole

public = no

writable = yes

printable = no

create mask = 0765

The above example allows the users tfox and carole to read and write to the directory
/home/share, on the Samba server, from a Samba client.
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Creation of samba share directory


To configure Samba on your Red Hat Linux system to use encrypted
passwords, follow these steps:

Create a separate password file for Samba. To create one based on
your existing /etc/passwd file, at a shell prompt, type the following
command:

cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd

If the system uses NIS, type the following command:

ypcat passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd

The mksmbpasswd.sh script is installed in your /usr/bin directory with
the samba package.

Change the permissions of the Samba password file so that only root
has read and write permissions:
 chmod 600 /etc/samba/smbpasswd
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Creation of samba share directory


The script does not copy user passwords to the new file. To set each Samba
user's password, use the command (replace username with each user's
username):shell prompt.

smbpasswd username

A Samba user account will not be active until a Samba password is set for it

Encrypted passwords must be enabled in the Samba configuration file. In the
file smb.conf, verify that the following lines are not commented out:

encrypt password = yes

smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

Make sure the smb service is started by typing the command service smb
restart at a shell prompt.
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Using Nautilus App


To connect to a Linux Samba share from a Microsoft Windows machine, use
Network Neighborhood or Windows Explorer.

To connect to a Samba share from a Linux system, from a shell prompt, type the
following command:
 smbclient //hostname/sharename -U username
 You can also use Nautilus to view available Samba shares on your network. On
the GNOME desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Programs
=> Applications => Nautilus to open a Nautilus window. Type smb: in the adress
bar.
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Using Nautilus App


If the SMB share you are connecting to requires a user name and password
combination, you must specify them in the Location: bar using the following
syntax (replace user, password, servername, and sharename with the
appropriate values):

smb://user:password@servername/sharename/
End of the presentation
Thank You
Wish you all the best

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