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Samba Configuration in RHEL7

Samba Configuration in RHEL7 Step by Step

What is samba?

It is a server message block(SMB) is the standard file sharing protocol for Microsoft windows and clients.

Samba is a networking Tool it helps Linux servers to Communicate to Windows Servers. It helps to share files, printers and other Client utilities.

It is a Free and Open Source Software, It enables Sharing with SMB and CIFS(common internet file system) client

The Samba Server Configuration Tool is a graphical interface for managing Samba shares, users, and basic server settings. It modifies the configuration files in the /etc/samba/smb.conf directory.

samba is a networking tool, it helps Linux Servers to share files, printers, and other Client utilities. Using Samba application or protocol is simple. Before you start using Samba make sure your Linux Server has TCP port 8086 for the main Samba port. It makes access to the Servers easier. Using Samba is very easy. You will first need to find the correct directory to manage files. You can check below before your start. Tutorial on Manage files on Linux using Samba Open a new terminal window type vagrant ssh Login to the Samba Console vagrant ssh Next go to your Documents and navigate to the /etc/samba directory. Now we have to set up our virtual machine for SMB Connection. First, we need to edit our /etc/samba/smb.

Samba Configuration

SERVER:198.168.50.11

CLIENT:198.168.50.15

#yum install samba samba-client -y

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

#systemctl enable smb

#systemctl start smb

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

#firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=samba

#firewall-cmd --rel

#mkdir /groupdir

#mkdir /data

#chmod 777 /groupdir

#chmod 777 /data

#semanage fcontext -a -t samba_share_t "/groupdir(/.*)?"

#semanage fcontext -a -t samba_share_t "/data(/.*)?"

Restorecon command in linux used to Restore SELinux Context

#restorecon -RvF /groupdir

#restorecon -RvF /data

#ls -Zd /groupdir

#ls -Zd /data

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

#useradd -s /sbin/nologin vikram

#useradd -s /sbin/nologin tom

#useradd -s /sbin/nologin gaurav

#smbpasswd -a vikram

#smbpasswd -a tom

#smbpasswd -a gaurav

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

Edit samba conf file

#vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

[common]

path= /groupdir

browseable= yes

valid user= vikram

hosts allow= 192.168.50.

read list=vikram

[data]

path= /data

browseable=yes

public = yes

guest ok = no //user needs a password

valid users= tom,gaurav public //accessible users

hosts allow= 192.168.50.

writable= yes

write list=tom

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

#systemctl restart smb

Give a full permission to tom

#setfacl -m u:tom:rwx /data

#smbclient //192.168.50.11/common -U vikram (try to make file or directory )

It will deny access

#smbclient //192.168.50.11/data -U tom

#smbclient> mkdir info

The Directory will be created

Client configuration in the client machine

#yum install samba-client cifs-utils -y

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

create a text file in root

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

vim /root/abc.txt

username=gaurav

password=redhat

now create a directory to mount

#mkdir /mnt/multi

#chmod 777 /mnt/multi

vim /etc/fstab

//192.168.50.11/data /mnt/multi cifs creds=/root/abc.txt,sec=ntlmssp 0 0

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

#mount -a

#df -h

#cd /mnt/multi

#ls

#info (file is showing which is created by tom user)

Connect to windows os

Open my computer map a drive

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

Fill credentials IP address of Server

Samba Configuration in RHEL7

Setting up printers

Setting up printers could be a very hard task and it is one of the most hated tasks for Linux users. All of the time printers are missing or they can not load after setting it to default. But now with Samba Linux can help you to easily connect to the printer. Samba, C:\SMB\SERVER\//C:\SMB.tmp Change the default directory #at /etc/samba/smb.conf Change the indexer #at /etc/samba/smb.conf Enable passwords for sharing #at /etc/samba/smb.conf Connect and check the connection #connect Check the printers #prints to Samba #printer information #printers You can get the password for Samba by the use of config command #config -h Samba does not provide the option to edit the main default.conf file manually and the document is not complete on how to manage it.

Conclusion

In the following, we will find all the articles about Samba. Samba configuration Samba Server Samba Network Management How to Manage Samba on Linux? In this step, we will create a new Samba Server, which will create a Windows Server 2012 connection. 1. Login into the server, we will start the server and check the configuration, if the server is running. 2. You will see this in the output. We are adding users and create a temp directory to the samba share. 3. To create a connection, you will need a user and a password. 4. Use the superuser and the password, so you can make any changes. 5. We will use Wireshark to make the connections to a Windows Server.