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Samba Server Configuration in Debian 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 get in on the action, communicating with the same networking protocol as Microsoft Windows products. Samba Debian Package This package contains all the components necessary to turn your Debian GNU/Linux box into a powerful file and printer server. Currently, the Samba Debian packages consist of the following: samba - LanManager-like file and printer server for Unix. samba-common - Samba common files used by both the server and the client. smbclient - LanManager-like simple client for Unix. swat - Samba Web Administration Tool samba-doc - Samba documentation. smbfs - Mount and umount commands for the smbfs (kernels 2.2.x and above). libpam-smbpass - pluggable authentication module for SMB password database libsmbclient - Shared library that allows applications to talk to SMB servers libsmbclient-dev - libsmbclient shared libraries winbind: Service to resolve user and group information from Windows NT servers python2.3-samba: Python bindings that allow access to various aspects of Samba It is possible to install a subset of these packages depending on your particular needs. For example, to access other SMB servers you should only need the smbclient and samba-common packages. Install Samba in Debian #apt-get install samba samba-client Now it will ask you some basic question about the samba configuration like workgroup or domain name you want,other questions enter the correct information which one suits for your need. Preparing directories and users Create directories for Samba to use with Windows #mkdir samba Now we need to create users to access this directiory #useradd ruchi Now create a password for this user #smbpasswd -a ruchi configure samba configuration file Samba configuration file located at /etc/samba/smb.conf In this file main section is Global where you can define all parameters and the example as follows [global] workgroup = debian netbios name = debianserver server string = %h server (Samba %v) log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 syslog = 0 Now you need to configure the share directory(ex:-samba) for users below is the example. [SAMBA] path=/samba browseable=yes writeable=yes valid users = ruchi admin users = debain If you want to check your configuration file is correct you need to run the following command #testparm Now you need to restart the samba to take the new changes effect #/etc/init.d/samba restart If you want more configuration option check man page of smb.conf Testing your samba configuration |