how to configure samba | step by step samba configuration in Ubuntu 16.4

Q1 - Step by Step Samba server Configuration ?
Q2 - how to configure samba public and secure ?
Q3 - access samba server in windows ?
Q4 - Access Samba in Linux ?
Q5 - Public and Protected Samba sharing ?

Configure samba server in Ubuntu 16.04 with anonymous & secured

Samba is an Free and Open Source Software that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. samba allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients.

A Samba file server enables file sharing across different operating systems over a network. It lets you access your desktop files from a laptop and share files with Windows and mac OS users.

Step 1

Update repositories

apt-get update

Installation required package of samba.

apt-get install samba samba-common python-glade2 system-config-samba

Configure Samba :

This file has two parts: a [global] section and a [shares] section.

in [global] section we define rules for all shared folders and second section [shares]  we define share directory name

Edit configuration file  :

   cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.backup    vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]

workgroup = WORKGROUP           # Workgroup name

server string = linuxtopic       # This is the identifying information that will be supplied to users during connections.

server role = standalone server       # Defines mode of Samba like "standalone server", "member server", "classic primary, domain controller, "classic backup domain controller", "active directory domain controller".

#security = user

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Configure Samba Public Share

[Public]

  path = /samba/public

  writable = yes

  guest ok = yes

  guest only = yes

  read only = no

#Extra

  create mode = 0777

  directory mode = 0777

  force user = nobody

Create directory for public share

mkdir -p /samba/publicsudo chown -R nobody:nogroup /samba/publicsudo chmod -R 0775 /samba/public

Verify  samba configuration

testparm

Restart samba service :

service smbd restart

Allow  samba ports in firewall

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPTiptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPTiptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 137 -j ACCEPTiptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 138 -j ACCEPT

Access Samba share on  Windows

Go to run and type

\\172.17.100.100

Access samba sharing in  Ubuntu

Install Required package on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install smbclient

Access samba using the command

smbclient -N //172.17.199.199/Public

Configure Samba Private Share

vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

[Protected]

path = /samba/protected

valid users = @smbgroup

guest ok = no

writable = yes

browsable = yes

To create a group

addgroup smbgroupadd a user in to the group

Add users

useradd lokeshuseradd linuxtopic

Add users in samba group

usermod -aG smbgroup lokeshusermod -aG smbgroup linuxtopic

Samba keeps its own database of users and passwords so we add user to the Samba server , which it uses to authenticate logins

smbpasswd -a lokeshsmbpasswd -a linuxtopic

The user will be prompted to enter and confirm a password. This password will be used to access the protected samba shares.

Create directory for protected share

mkdir -p /samba/protected

Give members group access to this share.

chown -R root:smbgroup /samba/protectedchmod -R 0770 /samba/protected

Restart Samba Service

systemctl restart smbd

Access samba using the command

smbclient  //172.17.199.199/Protected

smb: \> mkdir  test1

smb: \> mkdir  test2

smb: \>  ?

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