SAMBA Presenttation

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How To Configure Samba Server Client

• Md Maksudur Rahman
• Id-1178314
• Batch -24 -ACSL
• IDB-BISEW-Diploma in Networking Technologies
• Mail- mr.maksudur_at_outlook.com
• Phone-01722607613

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At a glance Samba

• What is Samba
• Why we use Samba
• Configuration file name
• Configuring a Samba Server
• Connecting to a Samba Share
• Command Line
• Graphical 
• Mounting the Share
• Troubleshooting Samba
• Useful Websites

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What is Samba

• Samba is a popular freeware program that allows
  end users to access and use files, printers, and
  other commonly shared resources on a company's
  intranet or on the Internet. Samba is often
  referred to as a network file system and can be
  installed on a variety of operating system
  platforms, including Linux, most common UNIX
  platforms, OpenVMS, and OS/2.
• Samba uses the SMB protocol to share files and
  printers across a network connection

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Why we use Samba

• A Samba server offers the
  following services
• Samba is useful if you have a network of both
  Windows and Linux machines
• Samba is a strong network service for file and
  print sharing 
• Samba is reliable software that runs on reliable
  Unix operating system
• Samba has a very nice cost advantage it's free.
• Share one or more Distributed filesystem (Dfs)
  trees
• Authenticate clients logging onto a Windows
  domain

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Configuration file name

• Configuration file name is smb.conf thats are
  /etc/samba/smb.conf
• We also need to know about this
• smbd--- The smbd daemon provides the file and
  print services to SMB clients
• Nmbd--- The nmbd daemon provides NetBIOS
  nameservice and browsing support
• Smbclient--The smbclient program implements a
  simple ftp-like client.
• Testparm-- The testparm utility is a simple
  syntax checker for Samba's 
• Smbstatus-- The smbstatus tool provides access to
  information about the current connections
• smbcaclsThe smbcacls command is a tool to set
  ACL's on remote CIFS servers

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Configuring a Samba Server

• Samba has provided secure, stable and fast file
  and print services for all clients using the
  SMB/CIFS protocol,
• Package namesamba4 now its install use to yum
  server
• yum install samba4,,,,, Configure firewall to
  allow smb traffic
• Port number 137,138,139,445 allow this port tcp
  udp
• Example- iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 138 -j
  ACCEPT
• iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport
  137 -j ACCEPT
• Now save iptables service iptables save and
  service iptables restart
• create directories which you want to share or use
  existing directory
• mkdir share and create some file on this
  directory-- touch file1 file2 file3
• create a user to access smb share or use existing
  user

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• useradd us1,,,,,,,, passwd us1 passwd add
• smbpasswd -a us1 if you use existing user
  then only this command would be enough
• Now go to vim /etc/samba/smb.conf then go
  to find the line starts with "workgroupmygroup"
  change the mygroup to WORKGROUP
• fine the line starts with "host allow
• remove the semicolon () and modify the line to
  add the networks you want to give access
  to
• Now go to the last line of the file and insert a
  new line
• sharename
• comment any comment
• path /path-of-the-share-directory
• browseable yes
• writable yes
• printable yes
• valid users username

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• For every share you have to cofigure this file
  again and again
• Now run this command
• service smb start
• chkconfig smb on
• service nmb start
• chkconfig nmb on
• service winbind start
• chkconfig winbind on
• To check the share
• smbclient -L ip -U username
• type the password of the user and you should see
  the shares

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Client Configure

• You don't need to configure any client to use
  smb.
• smb-client package is installed by default.
• To view the shares of a machine type
• smbclient -L ip-or-hostname -U username
• Example smbclient -L 192.168.100.254 -U student

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Connecting to a Samba Share

• You can use Nautilus to view available Samba
  shares on your network
• Command Line( smbclient -L ip-or-hostname -U
  username)
• Mounting the Share

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Mounting the Share

• To mount a samba share
• mount.cifs //target/sharename /mounting_directory
  -o userusername
• Example mount.cifs //192.168.100.254/share
  /mountsmb -o userstudent
• assuming that the target server is
  192.168.100.254, the sharename is share,
• the mounting directory is /mountsmb and the user
  is student
• enter the password for the user student
• ls /mountsmb
• you should see the contents of the share in the
  /mountsmb directory.

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Troubleshooting Samba

• In addition to checking for spelling and
  typographical errors, check to ensure the Linux
  firewall is permitting Samba traffic. Similarly,
  if you're using SELinux on your system, you must
  explicitly permit Samba traffic, and finally you
  must enable Network Discovery on the Windows
  client machine.

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Useful Websites

• http//www.samba.org/ http//www.samba.org/samba/d
  ocs/using_samba/toc.html
• www.google.com to search about Samba
• https//access.redhat.com

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