1 Preliminary Note
I'm using an Ubuntu 12.04 system here with the hostname
server1.example.com and the IP address
192.168.0.100.
I'm running all the steps in this tutorial with root privileges, so make sure you're logged in as root:
sudo su
2 Installing Samba
Connect to your server on the shell and
install the Samba packages:
apt-get install libcups2 samba samba-common
Edit the
smb.conf file:
vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
In the global section, remove the "#" at the beginning of the line
security = user so that it looks like this:
[...]
# "security = user" is always a good idea.
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/ServerType.html
# in the samba-doc package for details.
security = user
[...]
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This enables Linux system users to log in to the Samba server.
Close the file and restart Samba:
/etc/init.d/smbd restart
3 Adding Samba Shares
Now I will add a share that is accessible by all users.
Create the directory for sharing the files and change the group to the
users group:
mkdir -p /home/shares/allusers
chown -R root:users /home/shares/allusers/
chmod -R ug+rwx,o+rx-w /home/shares/allusers/
At the end of the file
/etc/samba/smb.conf add the following lines:
vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
[...]
[allusers]
comment = All Users
path = /home/shares/allusers
valid users = @users
force group = users
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0771
writable = yes
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If you want all users to be able to read and write to their home directories via Samba, add the following lines to
/etc/samba/smb.conf:
[...]
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
valid users = %S
writable = yes
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
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Now we restart Samba:
/etc/init.d/smbd restart
4 Adding And Managing Users
In this example, I will add a user named
tom. You can add as many users as you need in the same way, just replace the username
tom with the desired username in the commands.
useradd tom -m -G users
Set a password for
tom in the Linux system user database. If the user
tom should not be able to log in to the Linux system, skip this step.
passwd tom
-> Enter the password for the new user.
Now add the user to the Samba user database:
smbpasswd -a tom
-> Enter the password for the new user.
Now you should be able to log in from your Windows workstation with the file explorer (address is
\\192.168.0.100 or
\\192.168.0.100\tom for
tom's home directory) using the username
tom and the chosen password and store files on the Linux server either in
tom's home directory or in the public shared directory.
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