Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Samba Server Config(RHEL5)
Requirements of SAMBA Server
Softwares == samba
Sambacommon
Samba-client
Config. File == /etc/samba/smb.conf
Port No’s == 137 (Netbios name service)
138 (Netbios datagram service)
139 (Netbios session service)
Service == smb
Daemons == smbd & nmbd
Samba user file== vi /etc/samba/smbpasswd
Diagnostic Tool== testparm
To Configure Samba Server
In Samba Server System
Check & Install S/W
Rpm –qa samba*
Yum remove samba* -y
Yum install samba* -y
Create a folder to share
Useradd satish
Open Config. File to set share name & share directory
Vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
:set nu
In line 41, make sure network information & go to last paragraph(Shift g)
Uncomment last 8 lines by removing semicolumn(;) to enable & change parameters respect to requirements i.e; 265 – 272 line no’s.
Set Samba password on user
Smbpasswd –a satish
123
123
Restart services to activate changes
Service smb restart
Check share definitions of Samba Server
Testparm & press Enter key
In Linux Client
Share data from Linux client
Mount / -o username=
Mount//192.168.0.254/linux /mnt –o username=satish
Check mount point
Mount
Enter into share directory
Cd /mnt
Ls
Mkdir jan feb mar
To share Samba Server from Windows clients
Go to start menu –run & provide server ip/share name
i.e;\\192.168.0.254\linux
Provide username & passwd.
To configure Samba to share resources(Cd-rom & pendrive)
In Server system
Insert the cd & mount cd
Mount /dev/cdrom /media
Provide mount point in Config. File
Vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
Shift g
Path=\media
:wq
Service smb restart
To check from windows client
Go to Start –run &
Provide serverip including share name.
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