debian-setup

Samba Steps

1. sudo apt-get install samba
   • Notable events during the installation
     • Created /etc/samba/smb.conf
     • Added user group sambashare
     • Started daemons nmbd and smbd
   • At this point, should be able to see the server remotely at smb://[Samba host ip or host name]
2. Use the standard user group users for Samba access
   • sudo usermod -a -G users <usr> to add to the `users` group
   • id <usr> to verify
   • sudo smbpasswd -a <usr> to add the user to the Samba database
   • At this point, should be able to connect to the server remotely at smb://[Samba host ip or host name]
3. Create a Samba share folder
   • sudo mkdir /samba/share
   • sudo chown <usr>:users /samba/share
   • sudo chmod ug+rwx,o-rwx /samba/share
4. sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
   • Set security = user under [global] to require a Unix account on the Samba server
   • At the end, add the following section

      [samba]
      comment = Samba shared folder for all users
      path = /samba/share
      valid users = @users
      force group = users
      create mask = 0660
      directory mask = 0771
      writable = yes
     

   • Note [samba] specifies the share name
5. sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
6. Can connect using smb://[HostName]/[SambaShareName]

To learn more, check out the book Using Samba.

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