again.\u00a0A number of information on how to configure the Samba server using this file is provided by the associated man page:<\/p>\n
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smb.conf\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nThe file is divided into several sections.\u00a0The global section ([global]) contains the basic settings, this can be followed by other sections for the release of resources.<\/p>\n
As the first configuration step, the following line is commented out in the “Authentication” section:<\/p>\n
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# \"security = user\" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account <\/span>\r\n# in this server for every user accessing the server. See <\/span>\r\n# \/usr\/share\/doc\/samba-doc\/htmldocs\/Samba3-HOWTO\/ServerType.html <\/span>\r\n# in the samba-doc package for details. <\/span>\r\n security <\/span> =<\/span> user\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nThese security measures require an existing user on the server to access the Samba shares.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Network interfaces<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\nIf your server has several network interfaces, it may be that the smb server is bound to the wrong interface.\u00a0To do this, in the “[global]” area of the smb.conf, the line<\/p>\n
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interfaces <\/span> =<\/span> 192.168.1.1\/24\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nbe inserted.\u00a0In this example, the smb server listens for the address range in the 192.168.1.1\/24 network.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Add smb password<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\nThe following command creates an smb password for the existing user “smbuser”.\u00a0The fact that this step is carried out for an existing user is important because every smb user needs a valid account on the server.\u00a0With the assigned password the smb-share can be accessed later:<\/p>\n
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sudo smbpasswd -a smbuser\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nSince the smb password does not have to match the password of the actual account, it can be quite complex to manage the different passwords.\u00a0Under Ubuntu there is the package “libpam-smbpass”, which can be used to keep the Linux and smb passwords in sync.<\/p>\n
For changes to take effect, the server must reload the configuration:<\/p>\n
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sudo service smbd reload\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nPreviously, the modified settings can also be checked for correctness:<\/p>\n
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testparm \/etc\/samba\/smb.conf\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>Add a resource<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nThe following configuration example releases the home directories of the smb users.\u00a0The first step is to add a new resource in the smb.conf file:<\/p>\n
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sudo vi \/etc\/samba\/smb.conf\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nFor this purpose, the following section is commented out:<\/p>\n
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# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit) <\/span>\r\n. This will share each <\/span>\r\n# user's home directory as \\\\ server \\ username <\/span>\r\n[<\/span> homes ] <\/span>\r\n comment <\/span> =<\/span> Home Directories\r\n browseable <\/span> =<\/span> yes\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nNow the home directories are accessible to all users, ie the users can access each other’s user directories (assuming of course that an smb password has been set and the user thus has access to the smb server).\u00a0The browseable parameter allows Windows users to browse the Samba share using Windows Explorer.\u00a0To be more restrictive about the home directories, the following line can be commented out:<\/p>\n
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# By default, \\\\ server \\ username shares can be connected to anyone <\/span>\r\n# with access to the samba server. Un-comment the following parameter <\/span>\r\n# to make sure that only \"username\" can connect to \\\\ server \\ username <\/span>\r\n# This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes<\/span> \r\n valid users <\/span> =<\/span> % S\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nThen, for example, the user “tktest” no longer accesses the home directory of “smbuser” (from the client’s point of view):<\/p>\n
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sudo mount -t smbfs \/\/192.168.56.101\/smbuser \/ media \/ -o username <\/span>=<\/span> tktest\r\nPassword: \r\nmount error (<\/span> 13 )<\/span> : Permission denied\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nFurther security measures are presented eg under\u00a0Samba Security\u00a0(help.ubuntu.com) or\u00a0Securing samba\u00a0(samba.org).<\/p>\n
<\/span>client<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/span>installation<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nThe client requires the following package to access the smb server:<\/p>\n
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sudo apt-get install smbfs smbclient\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nWith the smbclient a first connection test can be carried out:<\/p>\n
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smbclient -U smbuser -L 192.168.56.101\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>Insert smb share<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nWith the mount command, the smb directory can then be integrated locally:<\/p>\n
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sudo mount -t cifs \/\/192.168.56.101\/smbuser\/media\/ -o username <\/span>=<\/span> smbuser\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nAfter this command, the smb directory is accessible from \/ media \/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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