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    How To Configure Linux Samba Server Step by Step Guide Example and Implementation

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    The document provides steps to configure a Samba server on Linux to share a /data directory with a Windows client. It involves installing Samba packages, configuring the smb.conf file to share /data with the user vinita, adding vinita as a Samba user, restarting services, and verifying access from the Windows client where only vinita can access the shared /data folder.

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    The document provides steps to configure a Samba server on Linux to share a /data directory with a Windows client. It involves installing Samba packages, configuring the smb.conf file to share /data with the user vinita, adding vinita as a Samba user, restarting services, and verifying access from the Windows client where only vinita can access the shared /data folder.

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    The document provides steps to configure a Samba server on Linux to share a /data directory with a Windows client. It involves installing Samba packages, configuring the smb.conf file to share /data with the user vinita, adding vinita as a Samba user, restarting services, and verifying access from the Windows client where only vinita can access the shared /data folder.

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    How to configure linux samba server step by step guide Example and Implementation

    Most Linux systems are the part of networks that also run Windows systems. Using Linux Samba servers, your Linux and Windows systems can share directories and printers. This is most use full situation where your clients are window native and you want to use the linux security features. Exam question There are mixed lots of System running on Linux and Windows OS. Some users are working onWindows Operating System. There is a /data directory on linux server should make available on windows to only vinita should have right to connect with samba server . Configure to make available.

    Configure samba server


    In this example we will configure a samba server and will transfer files from client side.For this example we are using two systems one linux server one window clients. per quest of samba server
    A linux server with ip address 192.168.0.254 and hostname Server A window client with ip address 192.168.0.2 and hostname Client2 Updated /etc/hosts file on linux system Running portmap and xinetd services Firewall should be off on server

    We have configured all these steps in our pervious article. necessary configuration for samba server We suggest you to review that article before start configuration of samba server. Once you have completed the necessary steps follow this guide.
    samba rpm is required to configure samba server. check them if not found then install

    Now check smb, portmap, xinetd service in system service it should be on

    #setup Select System service from list [*]portmap [*]xinetd [*]smb

    Now

    restart xinetd and portmap and smb service

    To keep on these services after reboot on then via chkconfig command

    After

    reboot

    verify

    their

    status.

    It

    must

    be

    in

    running

    condition

    Create

    normal

    user

    named vinita

    now

    create /data directory

    and

    grant

    it full

    permission

    open /etc/samba/smb.conf main

    samba configuration files

    By default name of workgroup is MYGROUP in smb.conf file. you can change it with desire name

    our task is to share data folder for vinita user so go in the end of file and do editing as shown here in this image

    save file with :wq and exit Now add vinita

    user

    to samba

    user

    we have made necessary change now on smb service and check it status

    if you already have on this service then restart it with service smb restart commands. Go on windows system and ping samba server, change computer name to client2 andworkgroup name to MYGROUP

    Client configuration for samba server

    reboot system after changing workgroup name After reboot open my network place here you can see samba server [ if not see then click on view workgroup computer in right pane, if still not see then use search button from tool bar and search computer samba server form ip ]

    First try to login from user nikita she will not successes as nikita have not permission to login

    Now login from user vinita [ with smbpasswd command ]

    give

    the

    password

    which

    you

    set

    As you can see in image user vinita gets the /data folder which we share from samba server

    Copy

    some

    window

    files

    in data folder

    on samba server you can check runtime status of samba server to check it run smbstatuscommand

    Check status on samba server

    in output you see that one samba shared directory is used on window system

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