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Unit 14: File Server

The last example uses quotes about the NT username because there is a space separating the notes
user’s first and last names. Failure to use quotes on an NT username containing a space means
that Samba will treat the user’s name as two separate UNIX accounts; this will course the
connections to fail.
[bash]# vi /etc/samba/smbusers
# Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ...
root= administrator admin
nobody = guest pc guest smb guest
alice.jones = alice
readonly = glen fred terry sarah

lachlan = “Lachlan Smith”
Further details on mapping usernames can be get in the configuration man page, type “man smb.
conf”.

14.6.2 sharing network Directories

The major purpose of setting up a Samba server is to provide networked resources to your
Microsoft workstations and clients, so lets set up some resources for them to connect to and
use.Shared resources are specified as sections within the /etc/samba/smb.conf file, the sections
are identified by using squared brackets around each of the section names, similar to the global
section.

[bash]# vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
The first share that can be configured are the home directories for all the connecting users. The
[homes] section is a unusual configuration and Samba already knows how to handle all the users
different home directories, it really only needs to be specified and Samba will do the rest.

Example:
[homes]
comment = Home Directory
read only = No
browseable = No

valid users = %S
The [Shared] section that we have formed below allows access to all of the files and directories
within the /samba/shared local directory. The resource can be written to by all guest and public
users and the resource can be viewed (browseable) by workstations and clients on the network.
Any new directory created in the share will be specified to the directory permissions of 777, and
any new file will have file permissions of 666. These mask settings allow any user to save files to
the shared directory, and any other user can read, write or delete the files.

Example:
[Shared]

comment = Global Share - All Users
path = /samba/shared

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