Linux Mint 12 : Samba basic configuration

Here’s an explanation of how to install Samba and basic set up on Linux Mint 12.

[ install Samba ]

# uname -ri 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64 # tail -1 /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 12 Lisa"

install Samba via apt-get

# apt-get install samba –y

# smbd --version Version 3.5.11 # nmbd --version Version 3.5.11

[ Basic configuration ]

create a test user for Samba

# adduser samba-test1

create the samba account for user samba-test1.

# smbpasswd -a samba-test1 New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: Added user samba-test1.

create the directory for Samba and change the ownership of its directory.

# mkdir /home/samba-test1/test # chown samba-test1.samba-test1 /home/samba-test1/test

edit /etc/samba/smb.conf

add the following lines to share user’s home directory.

[homes] comment = %u's Home Directories browseable = yes directory = /home/%u/test create mask = 0644 directory mask = 0755 valid users = %S writable = yes

start smbd and nmbd

# /etc/init.d/smbd start # /etc/init.d/nmbd start

# testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384) Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[print$]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [global]        dos charset = CP932        server string = %h server (Samba, LinuxMint)        map to guest = Bad User        obey pam restrictions = Yes        pam password change = Yes        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .        unix password sync = Yes        syslog = 0        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m        max log size = 1000        dns proxy = No        usershare allow guests = Yes        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d [homes]        comment = %u's Home Directories        path = /home/%u/test        valid users = %S        read only = No        create mask = 0644 [printers]        comment = All Printers        path = /var/spool/samba        create mask = 0700        printable = Yes        browseable = No [print$]        comment = Printer Drivers        path = /var/lib/samba/printers

access to the Samba via Windows

on Windows7

\\Samba’s IP\samba-test1

hello.txt file was created under /home/samba-test1/test directory

# cat /home/samba-test1/test/hello.txt hello # ls -l /home/samba-test1/test/hello.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 samba-test1 samba-test1 7 date /home/samba-test1/test/hello.txt

check the Samba status

# smbstatus Samba version 3.5.11 PID     Username      Group         Machine ------------------------------------------------------------------- 9387      samba-test1   samba-test1   test         (client IP) Service      pid     machine       Connected at ------------------------------------------------------- samba-test1   9387   test         date Locked files: Pid          Uid        DenyMode   Access      R/W        Oplock           SharePath   Name   Time -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9387         1004       DENY_NONE  0x100081    RDONLY     NONE             /home/samba-test1/test   .  date