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Install SAMBA on Fedora17 and Centos

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by M.el Khamlichi

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Question : Howto Install SAMBA on Fedora17 and Centos 6.x?

Answer:

1- To install the samba package,enter the following command:

1 <strong>yum install samba samba-client samba-common</strong>

2- Configure the samba service, so that, it will start automatically

at boot time:
- Centos 6.2

1 <strong>chkconfig smb on</strong>

2 <strong>chkconfig nmb on</strong>
3 <strong>service smb start</strong>
4 <strong>service nmb start</strong>

- Fedora 17

1 <strong>systemctl enable smb.service</strong>

2 <strong> systemctl enable nmb.service</strong>
3 <strong> systemctl start smb.service</strong>
4 <strong> systemctl start nmb.service</strong>

3- Disable the SELinux:

1 <strong>nano /etc/selinux/config</strong>

Change SELinux from enforcing to disabled:

1 <strong>SELINUX=disabled</strong>

- Add these Iptables rules, so that samba will work perfectly:

1 <strong>iptables -I INPUT 4 -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 137 -j ACCEPT</strong>
2 <strong> iptables -I INPUT 5 -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 138 -j ACCEPT</strong>
3 <strong> iptables -I INPUT 6 -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT</strong>
4 <strong> service iptables save</strong>

4- Now edit samba config file

1 <strong>nano /etc/samba/smb.conf</strong>

Add these lines, in your smb.conf file (or change it according to your requirement):
1 #======================= Global Settings =====================================
2 [global]
3 workgroup = WORKGROUP
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4 security = share
5 map to guest = bad user
6 #============================ Share Definitions ==============================
7 [MyShare]
8 path = /samba/share
9 browsable =yes
10 writable = yes
11 guest ok = yes
12 read only = no

Save the smb.conf file and restart the service:

1 service smb restart

2 service nmb restart

Change it, in such a way that everyone can read and write it(Check if it is allowed in
your environment or not):

1 <strong>chmod -R 0777 /samba/share</strong>

4- Add and manage users and groups

Add a group in your CentOS server (in my case smbgrp):

1 groupadd smbgrp

Create a new share, set the permission on the share:

1 <strong>cd /samba/</strong>
2 <strong>mkdir secure</strong>
3 <strong>chown -R unixmentest:smbgrp secure/</strong>
4 <strong>ls -l</strong>
5 <strong>chmod -R 0770 secure/</strong>
6 <strong> ls -l</strong>

Add the user to the samba group and create samba password:

1 <strong>usermod -a -G smbgrp unixmentest</strong>

2 <strong> smbpasswd -a unixmentest</strong>

Edit the smb.conf file:

1 <strong>nano /etc/samba/smb.conf</strong>

Add the newly created samba share in smb.conf file:

1 <strong>[Secure]</strong>
2 <strong> path = /samba/secure</strong>
3 <strong> valid users = @smbgrp</strong>
4 <strong> guest ok = no</strong>
5 <strong> writable = yes</strong>
6 <strong> browsable = yes</strong>

Restart the samba service:

- For Centos
1 <strong>service smb restart</strong>
2 <strong>service nmb restart</strong>

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For Fedora

1 <strong>systemctl restart smb.service</strong>

2 <strong>systemctl restart nmb.service</strong>

Enjoy

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