Ubuntu server 12.04/samba
From Attie's Wiki
apt-get install 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
sudo smbpasswd -a <username>
to give the users a samba account! - Test the config with
testparm
- Add the following line to
/etc/security/limits.conf
:* - nofile 16384
- You will need to do this as well:
mkdir /home/shared chown nobody:nogroup /home/shared chmod 775 /home/shared
Contents of /etc/samba/smb.conf
#======================= 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 passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . pam password change = yes encrypt passwords = true passdb backend = tdbsam obey pam restrictions = yes unix password sync = yes # ----------------------- Netwrok Related Options ------------------------- workgroup = attie.co.uk server string = akela dns proxy = no # --------------------------- Logging Options ----------------------------- # logs split per machine log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m # max 50KB per log file, then rotate max log size = 50 log level = 1 debug level = 1 # ------------------------- User handling Options -------------------------- 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 = nogroup force user = nobody directory mask = 0777 force directory mode = 0777 create mask = 0666 force create mode = 0666