[CLUE-Tech] Networking with Samba

[Gary Threlkeld]

The Version 1 book "Using Samba" book by Robert Ecksein I
mentioned an online copy
of a good reference book on Samba that is still available at
www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book .  The book is
somewhat out
of date with regard to new Samba features/options but
Chapter 9 offers
some good troubleshooting tips.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Price" <dp_kinaole at yahoo.com>
To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>;
<vbsouthern at access4less.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Networking with Samba


> On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 12:50:55AM -0600, vbsouthern
wrote:
> >
> > I have read through the Samba documentation and even
though I can tell
> > it is written in english it might as well be written in
greek. I just
> > can't seem to get what they are talking about.
> >
> > I want to connect my system Mandrake/Linux to her
Windows ME OS. Can
> > anyone point me to a web site or other resource with
instructions that
> > are written for dummies like me?
> >
>
> The 'Samba for Dummies' book is fine, you can get it at
amazon.com.
>
> Also, Denver Public Library has:
>
> "Using Samba" by  Robert Ecksein available as an ebook or
hard copy
>
>
http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=24588
>
>
http://textcat.denver.lib.co.us/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+12599+10+623675891+3+3
>
> Either of these are easy to follow.
>
> If you have samba installed, it is very easy to tweak by
editing (as
> root) /etc/samba/smb.conf
>
> As you make changes to this (well commented and easy to
follow) file,
> just restart the samba service (not the whole box) to see
the changes.
>
> On debian, this is done with "sudo /etc/init.d/samba
restart"
>
> Or you can just "kill -HUP" the nmbd and smbd daemons.
>
> The only things you really need to change in the default
smb.conf file
> are the workgroup name (make it match what your windows
boxes are
> using) and adding whatever other 'shares' you want to make
available to
> windows boxes.
>
> For new shares, see the sample at the end of the file, or
here:
>
> [mp3]
>    comment = Dave's MP3 files
>    writable = no
>    browseable = yes
>    locking = no
>    path = /mp3
>    public = yes
> ;
>
> [bay]
>    comment = More MP3 files
>    writable = no
>    browseable = yes
>    locking = no
>    path = /bay
>    public = yes
> ;
>
> The [bracket] bit is the name that shows up in the
'Network
> Neighborhood' ... Settings are pretty obvious ... the ; at
the end of
> each section is just a blank comment line.
>
> The only other thing you need to know about is setting up
samba users
> with smbpasswd ... The big trick here is that
'smbpasswd -a' adds a new
> samba user to your system ... 'info smbpasswd' tells you
all about this,
> including the fact that the user has to already exist in
your system's
> /etc/passwd file.
>
> In your case your wife will want a userid on your box and
permissions to
> write to wherever she needs to save files.  Samba can
share her home
> directory for her by changing that setting in smb.conf:
> (note that I have changed my setting from the defaults)
>
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = yes
> ; By default, the home directories are exported read only.
Change next
> ; parameter to "no" if you want to be able to write to
them.
> read only = no
>
> ; File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons.
If you want to
> ;       create files with group=rw permissions, set next
parameter to 0775.
> create mask = 0775
>
> ; Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security
reasons. If you want to
> ;       create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next
parameter to 0775.
> directory mask = 0775
> ;
> ;
>
> You might also want to consider 'mounting' your wife's
hard drive and
> backing it up for her from the linux box (no giggles
please kids).
>
> To do this, share whatever folders you need to backup (or
the whole
> drive) by right-clicking on the folder in the 'explorer'
(My Computer).
>
> Then use smbmount (part of the samba suite) as follows:
>
> smbmount //computer_name/share_name mountpoint
>
> for example,
>
> smbmount "//robbie/audio" ~/audio
>
> ... mount the shared folder "audio" on a computer named
"robbie" to a
> folder in my home directory called audio.  Note that I can
mount the
> remote folder this way (off my home directory) even if I
am not root.
>
> Once mounted, you can backup files however you want - I
use 'infozip'
> http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
>
> This a good tool to use because the archives it makes can
be read
> with winzip.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> aloha,
> dave
>
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