Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix. Since 1992, Samba has provided secure, stable and fast file and print services for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol, such as all versions of DOS and Windows, OS/2, Linux and many others.
Installation
1
| apt install samba smbclient
|
Configuration
Before you edit /etc/smb.conf I’d recommend to make a copy of the original.
1
| cp -v /etc/samba/smb.conf{,.orig}
|
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
| [global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server role = standalone server
passdb backend = tdbsam
usershare allow guests = Yes
[share]
comment = share dir
path = /path/to/share
read only = No
store dos attributes = Yes
inherit acls = Yes
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
browseable = No
read only = No
inherit acls = Yes
create mode = 0600
directory mode = 0700
[admin]
path = /path/to/admin/share
comment = admin share
valid users = root @sudo @wheel
browseable = No
read only = No
inherit acls = Yes
create mode = 0600
directory mode = 0700
[nobody]
browsable = no
|
Highly recommended:
Searching with /^ *keyword press n to move to the next and N for the previous match.
You have to set user passwords twice per added user to SMB server and the user has to be in sambashare groups.
1
2
3
| useradd -m user -s /bin/bash -g sambashare
passwd user
smbpassword -a user
|
Usage
1
| systemctl enable smbd.service
|
1
| systemctl ( start | stop | restart | status ) smbd.service
|
Testing if your shares are available.
1
| smbclient -N -L localhost
|
| parameter | description |
|---|
| -N | Means without authentication, remove it if authentication is needed. |
| -L | List all available shares. |
| localhost | It’s better to insert the IP of the SMB server here. |
Connect to a share
1
| smbclient -U username%password //target/share
|
Troubleshooting
1
| journalctl -u smbd.service -f -n20
|
1
| systemctl ( start | stop | restart | status ) smbd.service
|
