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Unit 14: File Server

14.10 self assessment notes

Fill in the blanks:

1. Samba is a suite of utilities that allows your Linux box to ..................... and other resources,
such as printers, with Windows boxes.
2. Samba’s configuration is stored in the ..................... file.
3. The main purpose of setting up a Samba server is to provide ..................... resources.

4. Before the Samba server can be accessed across the network, access must be granted to
users and any .....................
5. The ..................... option is a quick way of stopping and then starting Samba.
6. The ..................... daemon will check the smb.conf file for the presence of the idmap uid and
idmap gid parameters.
7. The NT usernames “administrator” and “admin” will be ..................... to the UNIX “root”
account.
8. ..................... includes client applications and capabilities for accessing network resources
shared with the SMB protocol.

9. The section [global] is special, since it contains settings that apply to the whole
.....................
10. Samba is a suite of utilities that let your Linux box to share files and other resources, such
as ....................., with Windows boxes.
11. Samba offers a small test application that reads the ..................... file and tests it for any
errors.

12. ..................... define a collection of computers or users which have a common level of access
to particular network resources.
13. ..................... works by rewriting the configuration files at /etc/samba/smb.conf.
14. ..................... defines certain SAMBA configuration settings pertaining to the Domain.

15. ..................... is a proprietary implementation of Directory Services by Microsoft.

14.11 review Questions

1. What are the opportunities and threats in the Samba server? Explain in detail.
2. What is the processor to install Samba server? What are the other packages which are
needed to install?
3. How to download and install packages in samba server?
4. What are the differences between Samba server and NFS server?
5. “The Samba server is made up of some daemons.” Comment

6. How can be the Samba server can be configured?
7. What is the processor to share the network directory?
8. Explain briefly the starting and stopping of SAMBA server.
9. “SWAT works by rewriting the configuration files at /etc/samba/smb.conf and restarting.”
Comment
10. What is the processor to map the username?

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