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Samba Server on Linux. Pertemuan 3 . What is Samba?? Samba is an Open Source Suite, that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available. With Samba, you can share a Linux filesystem with Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT and vice versa.
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Samba Server on Linux Pertemuan 3
What is Samba?? • Samba is an Open Source Suite, that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. • Samba is freely available. • With Samba, you can share a Linux filesystem with Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT and vice versa. • You can also share printers connected to either Linux or a system with Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT. • Samba enables a Linux or Unix server to function as a file server for client PCs running Windows software.
What is SMB? • SMB stands for – Server Message Block. • It is a protocol by which a lot of PC-related machines share files and printers and other information such as lists of available files and printers. • Operating systems that support this natively include Windows NT, OS/2, and Linux. • What is CIFS? • CIFS – Common Internet File System is a protocol that is basically an updated SMB.
Components of SMB • smbd daemon: This provides the file and print services to SMB clients such as Windows NT or other Linux or Unix clients. • smb.conf: This is the configuration file for smbd. • nmbd daemon: This daemon provides NetBIOS nameserving and browsing support. • smbclient: This is an smb client program that implement a simple FTP-like client on a Linux or Unix box. • smbmount: This mounting program enables mounting of server directories on a Linux or Unix box.
Continued… • testparm: This utility is used to test the smb.conf configuration file. • smbstatus: This programs lists the current Samba connections. • SWAT: Swat allows a Samba administrator to configure the smb.conf file via a Web browser. • smbpasswd: This allows the user to change the password used for their SMB sessions.
Installation and Setup • The Samba Server package can be downloaded from the Samba website. • The file needs to be untared and then configured using a ./configure command in the source directory. • Then the smb.conf file should be created. The smb.conf file has three separate sections: • [global] : This section controls parameters for the entire SMB server. It also provides default values for the other sections. • Examples: workgroup = MYGROUP • server string = Samba Server
Continued… hosts allow = 192.168.1 127. printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes guest account = pcguest encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd [homes]: This section allows network clients to connect to a user’s home directory without having an explicit entry in the smb.conf file. Examples: [homes] browseable = no writeable = yes
Continued… [printers]:This section is used to specify which printers are available. Examples: [printers] print ok = yes printer name = lp_mine path = /home/everyone The testparm program helps in testing the smb.conf file once it is configured.
Testing with a Linux Client: • # smbclient ‘//192.168.100.1/homes’ –U myuid • Testing with a Windows Client: • A Linux computer shows up in Windows network neighborhood. • The name attached to ‘workgroup’ in the [global] section shows up in the network neighborhood.
Sharing files and print services: Example of directory or file share: [jacksdir] comment = Jack’s remote source code directory path = usr/local/src valid users = tackett browseable = yes public = no writeable = yes Example of printer sharing: [vals_lp] print ok =yes printer name = lp_mine path = /home/everyone valid users = valerie, @devel browseable = yes