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Unit 14: File Server

To restart the server, type the following command in a shell prompt while logged in as root: notes

/sbin/service smb restart
The condrestart (conditional restart) option only starts smb on the condition that it is currently
running. This option is useful for scripts, because it does not start the daemon if it is not
running.

When the smb.conf file is changed, Samba automatically reloads it after a few minutes. Issuing
a manual restart.
To conditionally restart the server, type the following command as root:

/sbin/service smb condrestart
A manual reload of the smb.conf file can be useful in case of a failed automatic reload by the smb
service. To ensure that the Samba server configuration file is reloaded without restarting the
service, type the following command as root:
/sbin/service smb reload
By default, the smb service does not start automatically at boot time. To configure Samba to
start at boot time, use an initscript utility, such as /sbin/chkconfig, /usr/sbin/ntsysv, or the Services
Configuration

Task Write the two commands to start the Samba server.

You can start or stop the Samba server automatically (during boot) or manually. Starting and
stopping policy is a part of the YaST Samba server configuration To stop or start running Samba
services with YaST, use System+System Services (Runlevel) and check winbind, smb, and nmb.
From a command line, stop services required for Samba with rcsmb stop && rcnmb stop and
start them with rcnmb start && rcsmb start; rcsmb cares about winbind if needed.

14.4 Configuring Samba with SWAT

Samba’s configuration is stored in the smb.conf file, which generally resides in /etc/samba/
smb.conf or /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf. You can either edit this file yourself or do it using
one of the many graphical tools that are available, such as the Web-based interface SWAT, that
is included with Samba.

Configuration File Syntax

The smb.conf file uses the similar syntax as the various old .ini files in Windows 3.1: Each file
consists of various sections, which are started by putting the section name between brackets ([])
on a new line. Each contains zero or more key/value pairs separated by an equality sign (=). The
file is just a plaintext file, so you can open and edit it with your favorite editing tool.

Each section in the smb.conf file symbolizes either a share or a meta-service on the Samba server.
The section [global] is special, since it contains settings that apply to the whole Samba server.
Samba supports a number of meta-services, each of which serves its own purpose. For example,
the [homes] share is a meta-service that causes Samba to provide a personal home share for each
user. The [printers] share is a meta-service that establishes print queue support and that specifies
the location of the intermediate spool directory into which print jobs are received from Windows
clients prior to being dispatched to the UNIX/Linux print spooler.

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