Samba Server Installation and configuraiton in CentOS – 6

What is Samba Server ?

"Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients."

It provides an easy way to share  directory over Linux And Windows environment.

Benefites of using Samba Server

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•     File and printer sharing with MS Clients
•         Provides user Authentication and access
•          Name resolution
•          Browsing
•          Support on various platform
•          Can act as a Domain  controller

Samba Server Package use

Package Name	Package Description
Samba	Use for samba server
samba-client	Use for samba client
samba-common	Commands which use in samba server and client

Component of samba server

testparm : This command is use to test the samba configuration file.

smbstatus: This comand is use to check the current connection of samba client.

smbpasswd:  This command is use to set the password of samba user.

Samba Server details:

Operating system: CentOS – 6.5

Server IP Address:  192.168.0.62

Hostname : server.openpath.in

Config file : /etc/samba/smb.cnf

Service : smb

Port no : 137,138,139,445

Selinux : Disabled

Samba client details:

Operating system: Windows 7

Hostname: client01

IP Address : 192.168.0.95 

Install package on samba server

[root@server ~]# yum install samba samba-client samba-common

Check Installed package

[root@server ~]# rpm -qa | grep samba samba-winbind-3.6.23-14.el6_6.x86_64 samba4-libs-4.0.0-58.el6.rc4.x86_64 samba-winbind-clients-3.6.23-14.el6_6.x86_64 samba-3.6.23-14.el6_6.x86_64 samba-common-3.6.23-14.el6_6.x86_64 samba-client-3.6.23-14.el6_6.x86_64

Create Share directory and give permission

[root@server ~]# mkdir /data && chmod 777  /data

Add user for authentication

[root@server ~]# useradd test1 [root@server ~]# useradd test2

Set password

[root@server ~]# smbpasswd -a test1 [root@server ~]# smbpasswd -a test2

Take backup of samba configuration file

[root@server ~]# cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.bak

Configure Samba server configuraiton file

[root@server ~]# vim /etc/samba/smb.cnf

## IPRange allowed in network## hosts allow = 127. 192.168.0. ##Add following lins at bottom## [data] comment = "Data shared Folder" path = /data browsable =yes writable = yes read only = no valid users = test1,test Veto files = /*.exe/*.com/*.dll/*.sh/*.py/*.inf/*.reg/*.mp3/*.rm/*.flv/*.mp4/*.avi/*.pdf/

Restart samba service

[root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/smb restart Shutting down SMB services:                                [FAILED] Starting SMB services:                                           [  OK  ]

On Samba service permanently

[root@server ~]# chkconfig smb on

Test the configuration file

[root@server ~]# testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384) Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[data]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [global]         workgroup = MYGROUP         server string = Samba Server Version %v         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m         max log size = 50         idmap config * : backend = tdb         hosts allow = 127., 192.168.0.         cups options = raw [homes]         comment = Home Directories         read only = No         browseable = No [printers]         comment = All Printers         path = /var/spool/samba         printable = Yes         print ok = Yes         browseable = No [data]         path = /data         comment = "Data shared Folder"         valid users = test1, test2         read only = No

Acces Share directory from client machine

Go to Start -> Run -> \\serverip_address

Type user name and password

Uername : test or test2

Password: ******

You can share more directory in samba server and can give access to defferent user.

Create directory name as common-data

[root@server ~]# mkdir /common-data

Create user for authentication

[root@server ~]# useradd user1 [root@server ~]# useradd user2

Set password for authentication

[root@server ~]# smbpasswd -a user1 [root@server ~]# smbpasswd -a user1

Set permission in share directory using ACL

[root@server ~]# setfacl -m user:user1:rwx /common-data/ [root@server ~]# setfacl -m user:user2:rwx /common-data/

[root@server ~]# vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add below line in config file

[common-data] comment = "common-data shared Folder" path = /common-data writable = yes browseable = yes read only = no valid users = user1,user1

Restart service after updating samba config file

[root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/smb restart

Acces Share directory from client machine

Go to Start -> Run -> \\192.168.0.62

Disable Home Directory of user in Samba

#vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        browseable = no
        writable = yes

#service smb restart

Login Samba user Cli

# smbclient //localhost/userrname  -U username

Show Active User

# smbstatus

List Samba User

# pdbedit -w –L

Delete Samba User

# smbpasswd -x username

Disable Samba User

# smbpasswd -d username

How to import and export samba user and password

Export Samba User and Password

# pdbedit -e smbpasswd:/tmp/sambabak

Import Samba user backup and password


# pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/tmp/sambabak

Note: UID of user should be according to new server.