Samba Service In Sun Solaris

SAMBA SERVICE: Samba is a file server which provides the compatibility between windows and unix. Samba is a third party tool.So install the package “samba.pkg” to configure the samba server or samba client on unix machines.If it is a windows machine there is no need to install any package because it is the default service for windows. To install samba package: #pkgadd –d <sourcelocation> samba.pkg After installing the samba package, #vi /opt/samba/lib/smb.conf ……………………………… ……………………………… [global] {add the fallowing entries here} encrypt passwords = yes smbpasswd file = /etc/smbpasswd :wq! #useradd -g 10 –d /usr/student -m student #useradd -g 10 -d /usr/alice -m alice #useradd -g 10 -d /usr/nice -m nice #passwd student Enter password: Re-enter: #passwd alice Enter password: Re-enter: #passwd nice Enter password: Re-enter: To convert these users as samba users,Execute the following script. # cat /etc/passwd|/opt/samba/bin/mksmbpasswd.sh>/etc/smbpasswd {This script reads the /etc/passwd file and converts the users as samba users by updating their information in /etc/smbpasswd file} Now to assign the samba passwords for these users(samba passwords may be different from the normal passwords),execute the following command: #/opt/samba/bin/smbpasswd student New smbpasswd: Retype: #/opt/samba/bin/smbpasswd alice New smbpasswd: Retype:

#/opt/samba/bin/smbpasswd nice New smbpasswd: Retype: This password information is updated in /etc/smbpasswd file. CREATING A SAMBA SHARE: #vi /opt/samba/lib/smb.conf ( This file already contains some data ,don’t edit the existing data) [public] comment = Public directory path = /tmp/pub public = yes writable = yes [access] comment = User access path = /tmp/access public = no writable = yes validusers = student alice [group] comment = Group access path = /tmp/group public = yes writable = yes writelist = @dba [cdrom] comment = CD-Romsharing path = /cdrom public = yes writable = no printable = no :wq! Now create the fallowing directories: #mkdir /tmp/pub #cd /tmp/pub (create some files in this directory) #chmod 777 /tmp/pub #mkdir /tmp/access #cd /tmp/access (create some files in this directory)

#mkdir /tmp/group #cd /tmp/group (create some files in this directory) #groupadd dba #chgrp dba /tmp/group (this command brings the /tmp/group directory under dba group) #chmod 770 /tmp/group #usermod –g dba alice (initially this user was in staff group whose group id is 10) #usermod –g dba nice (initially this user was also in staff group) To see the status of samba server being at the server side,execute the following command #/opt/samba/bin/smbclient -L localhost -N To see the status of samba server from the client side,execute the following command, #/opt/samba/bin/smbclient -L 192.168.0.4 -N (where 192.168.0.4 is server ip) CONNECTING TO A SAMBA SHARE FROM UNIX CLIENT: #/opt/samba/bin/smbclient //192.168.0.4/public -U student (where “public” is a share name.student,alice and nice or any other user can access this share because all are having authentication) Password: (Enter sambapassword here) Then we will get the samba prompt as following Smb:\>pwd (to check the present working directory at the server side) Smb:\>!pwd(to check the present working directory at the client side) Smb:\>ls (to list the files at the server side) Smb:\>cd ( to change the present working directory at the server side) Smb:\>lcd (to change the present working directory at the client side) Smb:\>get (to download a file) Smb:\>put (to upload a file) Smb:\>mget ……… ( to down load multiple files) Smb:\>mput ………..(to upload multiple files) Smb:\>get * (to download all the files) Smb\>put * (to upload all the files) Smb:\>exit (to exit from the samba prompt) (These commands are same as that of ftp commands) #/opt/samba/bin/smbclient //192.168.0.4/access -U student Password: Smb:\>

#/opt/samba/bin/smbclient //192.168.0.4/access -U alice Password: Smb:\> #/opt/samba/bin/smbclient //192.168.0.4/access -U nice Permission denied (Because nice is not authenticated user to access this share) #/opt/samba/bin/smbclient //192.168.0.4/group -U student Permission denied ( Because student is not under “dba” group) #/opt/samba/bin/smbclient //192.168.0.4/group -U alice Password: Smb:\> #/opt/samba/bin/smbclient //192.168.0.4/group –U nice Password: Smb:\> Cdrom share is accessed by every one. CONNECTING TO WINDOWS SHARES FORM UNIX CLIENT: If samba server is a windows machine use the following command to connect to The server #/opt/samba/bin/smbclient //<serverip>/c$ -U Administator Password: Smb:\>