Samba

Configuring a Samba server

Below is a simple configuration file. It will provide anonymouse access for everyone to the /home/shared directory. It will also provide authenticated access for users to their home directory.

Don't forget to use

smbpasswd

to give the users a samba account!

#======================= Global Settings =====================================
 
[global]
  follow symlinks = yes
  wide links = yes
  unix extensions = no
  hide dot files = yes
  map archive = no
  map system = no
  map hidden = no
 
# ----------------------- Netwrok Related Options -------------------------
  workgroup = local
  server string = MyServer
 
# --------------------------- Logging Options -----------------------------
  # logs split per machine
  log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
  # max 50KB per log file, then rotate
  max log size = 50
 
# ----------------------- Standalone Server Options ------------------------
  security = share
  guest account = nobody
  map to guest = bad user
 
# --------------------------- Printing Options -----------------------------
  cups options = raw
 
 
#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
 
[homes]
  comment = Home Directories
  browseable = no
  writable = yes
  directory mask = 0777
  force directory mode = 0777
  create mask = 0666
  force create mode = 0666
 
[shared]
  comment = Shared
  browsable = yes
  path = /home/shared
  public = yes
  writable = yes
  guest ok = yes
  force group = nobody
  force user = nobody
  directory mask = 0777
  force directory mode = 0777
  create mask = 0666
  force create mode = 0666

Mounting Samba shares under Linux

Install the following packages:

samba
samba-client
samba4

Setup a credentials file, and secure it:

username=xxx
password=xxx

And insert the following lines to /etc/fstab (will need to be root or use sudo to mount/unmount):

<share>     <mount_point>     cifs     user,noauto,noexec,uid=<UID>,gid=<GID>,credentials=<credentials_path>,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0600,dir_mode=0700     0 0

Eg:

//baloo/l$     /home/attie/baloo-l     cifs     user,noauto,noexec,uid=attie,gid=attie,credentials=/home/attie/.smbcreds,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0600,dir_mode=0700     0 0