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Final Project SAMBA Server

This document outlines the setup and configuration of a Samba server on a Linux system. It begins with an introduction to Samba and its benefits for sharing files and printers between Linux and Windows systems. Details are provided on installing Samba on Vector Linux and configuring the smb.conf file to share folders and a printer. The document concludes by describing how to start the Samba daemons and test the file and printer shares from Windows.

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Final Project SAMBA Server

This document outlines the setup and configuration of a Samba server on a Linux system. It begins with an introduction to Samba and its benefits for sharing files and printers between Linux and Windows systems. Details are provided on installing Samba on Vector Linux and configuring the smb.conf file to share folders and a printer. The document concludes by describing how to start the Samba daemons and test the file and printer shares from Windows.

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FINAL PROJECT

SAMBA Server
Team: Denise Hughes & Erik Kridakara
Class: IT 298 – Linux Installation
Instructor: D.C. Shoemaker
Contents
1. What Is Samba?
2. The Benefits of Samba
3. Where did it come from?
4. Samba Daemons
5. Samba Commands
6. Installing Samba
7. Configuring Samba
8. Starting Samba
9. Linux Views
10. Windows Views
11. Conclusion
What is Samba?
Samba is a suite of Unix applications that speak
the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol. Many
operating systems, including Windows and OS/2,
use SMB to perform client-server networking. By
supporting this protocol, Samba allows Unix
servers to communicate with the same
networking protocol as Microsoft Windows
products.
The Benefits of Samba
A Samba-enabled Unix machine can masquerade
as a server on your Microsoft network and offer
the following services:

 Share one or more file systems


 Share printers installed on both the server and its
clients
 Assist clients with Network Neighborhood browsing
 Authenticate clients logging onto a Windows domain
 Provide or assist with WINS name server resolution
 Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS
implementations, and allows for interoperability
between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based
clients.
Where did it come from?
Samba is the creation of Andrew Tridgell, who currently
heads the Samba development team from his home in
Canberra, Australia. The project began 1991 when Andrew
created a fileserver program for his local network that
supported an odd DEC protocol from Digital Pathworks that
later turned out to be SMB. After a few years, he began
distributing his custom-made SMB server as a product on
the Internet under the name SMB Server. However, since
that name already belonged to another company's product,
he tried the following Unix renaming approach:

 grep -i 's.*m.*b' /usr/dict/words And the response was:

 salmonberry samba sawtimber scramble Thus, the name "Samba"


was born.
SAMBA Daemons
Samba actually contains several programs that serve
different but related purposes. The majority of the
programs that come with the Samba distribution center
rely on its two daemons.

smbd
The smbd daemon is responsible for managing the shared resources
between the Samba server machine and its clients. It provides file, print,
and browser services to SMB clients across one or more networks. smdb
handles all notifications between the Samba server and the network
clients. In addition, it is responsible for user authentication, resource
locking, and data sharing through the SMB protocol.

nmbd
The nmbd daemon is a simple nameserver that mimics the WINS and
NetBIOS name server functionality. This daemon listens for nameserver
requests and provides the appropriate information when called upon. It
also provides browse lists for the Network Neighborhood and participates
in browsing elections.
SAMBA Commands
Samba comes with a small set of Unix command-line tools:

smbclient
An FTP-like Unix client that can be used to connect to Samba shares

smbtar
A program for backing up data in shares, similar to the Unix tar command

nmblookup
A program that provides NetBIOS over TCP/IP name lookups

smbpasswd
A program that allows an administrator to change the encrypted passwords used by Samba

smbstatus
A program for reporting the current network connections to the shares on a Samba server

testparm
A simple program to validate the Samba configuration file

testprns
A program that tests whether various printers are recognized by the smbd daemon
Installing Samba
Binary packages of Samba are included in
almost any Linux or UNIX distribution.
There are also some packages available at
the main Samba site at www.samba.org
Installing: Our system
We chose Slackware based distro called
Vector Linux

VECTORLINUX is a small, fast, Linux operating


system for Intel, AMD and x86 compatible systems,
based on one of the original Linux distributions,
Slackware. It's popularity stems from the fact that it
is a robust, versatile and almost unbreakable
system. Due to the small size and memory
requirements of the operating system it can be
deployed on older machines that may otherwise have
been long forgotten.
Installing Samba (Continued)
Step by step:
1. Download the source or binary files.
2. Configure a makefile.
3. Compile the server code.
4. Install the server files.
5. Create a Samba configuration file.
6. Test the configuration file.
7. Start the Samba daemons.
8. Test the Samba daemons.
Samba Configuration
The key to configuring Samba is its lone configuration file: smb.conf.

# Denise & Erik’s Samba configuration file.

#=========== Global Settings ===============


[global]

workgroup = linux workgroup


server string = Samba Server
hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2.127.
log file = /var/log/samba.%m
max log size = 50
dns proxy = no

printing = cups

restrict anonymous = no
domain master = no
preferred master = no
max protocol = NT
ldap ssl = No
server signing = Auto
lanman auth = no
client plaintext auth = no
client lanman auth = no
ntlm auth = no
client use spnego = no
encrypt passwords = no
use spnego = no
security = share
#================== Share Definitions ===============
[home]
comment = Home Directories
read only = no

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
printable = yes

[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /tmp
read only = no
guest ok = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in


# the "slackers" group

[slackers]
comment = Public Stuff
path = /home/slackers
guest ok = yes
read only = no
write list = @slackers
# Two private directories

[erik]
comment = Erik's Service
path = /usr/somewhere/private
valid users = erik
read only = no

[denise]
comment = Denise's home folder
path = home/denise
valid users = denise
# A public directory, read/write to all users.

[public]
path = /usr/somewhere/public
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
read only = no

# Three user directories

[shared]
comment = denise & erik & pookie
path = /usr/somewhere/shared
valid users = pookie erik denise
read only = no
create mask = 0765

# End of file
Starting Samba
Starting the Samba Daemons

There are two Samba processes, smbd and nmbd, that


need to be running for Samba to work correctly.

There are typically three ways to start Samba:

• By hand

• As stand-alone daemons (how we did it)

• From inetd
Starting the Daemons by Hand

You can start the Samba daemons by hand. As root,


simply enter the following commands:

# /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd –D
# /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd –D

At this point, Samba will be running on your system and will be


ready to accept connections.
Starting From Inetd
The inetd daemon is a Unix system's Internet "super
daemon." It listens on TCP ports defined in /etc/services and
executes the appropriate program for each port, which is
defined in /etc/inetd.conf.

The advantage is that you can have a large number of


daemons ready to answer queries, but they don't all have to
be running. Instead, the inetd daemon listens in place of all
the others. This is handy if you have only one or two users or
your machine has too many daemons already. It's also easier
to perform an upgrade without disturbing an existing
connection.

The disadvantage is a small overhead cost of creating a new


daemon process, and that you need to edit two files rather
than one to set things up.
Stand-alone Daemons

To run the Samba processes as stand-alone


daemons, you need to add the commands
listed in the previous section to your standard
Unix startup scripts.

# /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd –D
# /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd –D

How this is done varies depending on type of


Unix system you have.
Where our script gets called from
Check that its running
Linux view of shares
Windows View – Browsing the Network
Windows – Viewing Samba Shares
Windows – View of a mapped share
Finding the printer in Windows
Printing from Windows
Conclusion

 Although Samba is initially somewhat


difficult to install and configure manually,
it is a great way to use Linux as an
inexpensive file and print server. It’s also
a great learning experience!

 Samba can also be used as a Windows


domain controller – Next Project!!!

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