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Unit 14: File Server

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server string = Samba Server
These directives are networking orientated and classify which networking interfaces to operate
on and which subnetworks are allowed to connect to your server. These are important to specify
so the server it protected from any possible connections that are attempted from the external
network.

Example:

interfaces = eth1 lo
hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.0.0.1
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
You should indicate a log file for the server. Here the “%m.log” definition means that each
workstation connecting to the server will have its own log file.

Example:

log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 5
Some windows clients before Windows 98 and Windows NT (SP3) do not support encrypted
passwords, you may require to adjust this if you are using very old Microsoft clients.

Samba will store passwords in encrypted format by default.

Example:

encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
The following options detail how your Samba server will behave on your network.
The “security” directive concludes whether the server will function as a Windows Domain
Controller or as a simple standalone server for a peer-to-peer system, the “user” option is the
default mode. The “wins support” option tells the server to run its own WINS server for name
resolution, this is typical of many Microsoft networks. “dns proxy” is not required for a small
network and can be disabled.
The remaining settings determine if the server will present itself as a master browser on the
network, this will cause the server to participate in network browser elections and attempt to
become the master browser.

Example:
security = user
local master = Yes
os level = 33

domain master = Yes
preferred master = Yes
wins support = Yes
dns proxy = No

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