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10 September 2009
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Samba is a free software re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol. as of version 3, Samba provides file and print services for various Microsoft Windows clients and can integrate with a Windows Server domain, either as a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or as a domain member. It can also be part of an Active Directory domain.
Samba runs on most Unix and Unix-like systems, such as Linux, Solaris, AIX and the BSD variants, including Apple's Mac OS X Server . Samba is standard on nearly all distributions of Linux and is commonly included as a basic system service on other Unix-based operating systems as well. Samba is released under the GNU General Public License. The name Samba comes from SMB (Server Message Block), the name of the standard protocol used by the Microsoft Windows network file system.
So lets start :
1- Install packges needed for samba server
# yum install cups-libs samba samba-common -y
2- make Samba starting and make it starting with boot linux
#chkconfig --levels 235 smb on
Now start samba server
#/etc/init.d/smb start
3-Make directories of samba share and give the ownership (you can make other name directories)
# mkdir -p /home/sambashares/allusers
# chown -R root:users /home/sambashares/allusers
# chmod -R ug+rwx,o+rx-w /home/sambashares/allusers
4-Edit the configuration :
# vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
add this to the samba config file :
[allusers]
comment = All Users
path = /home/sambashares/allusers
valid users = @users
force group = users
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0771
writable = yes
if you want te make user read and write in there own directories add this in smb.conf
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
valid users = %S
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
save and exit
5-add user who should have accesss to samba share (change Unixmen with your favorite name)
#useradd unixmen -m -G users
6-make a password of unixmen user
#passwd unixmen
7-add the password to unixmen user to samba database.
smbpasswd -a unixmen
8-Reboot your samba service with
# /etc/init.d/smb restart
Shutting down SMB services: [ OK ]
Starting SMB services: [ OK ]
Enjoy . now you are ready
Back to your windows machine : start run \\IP-of-samba-server
