How To Configure Samba Server In Linux

Red Hat® Certified Engineer (RHCE®) is a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) who possesses additional skills, knowledge, and abilities required of a senior system administrator responsible for Red Hat Enterprise Linux® systems.

An RHCE is capable of:

    Configuring static routes, packet filtering, and network address translation.
    Setting kernel runtime parameters.
    Configuring an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) initiator.
    Producing and delivering reports on system utilization.
    Using shell scripting to automate system maintenance tasks.
    Configuring system logging, including remote logging.
    Configuring a system to provide networking services, including HTTP/HTTPS, File Transfer        Protocol(FTP), network file system (NFS), server message block (SMB), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), secure shell (SSH) and Network Time Protocol (NTP).

 Share the /central directory via SMB:

CMD:

Install smaba packages using yum 

 root@linuxstorages:~#yum install samba* -y

Configure samba configuration file 

    root@linuxstorages:~#vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
    change workgroup as STAFF in line no 74

                   Add
    
                   [common]

                    Path = /central

                    Browseable = yes

                    Writeable = yes

                    Host allow = 192.168.0.

                    Valid user = sowmya

    :wq

Create shared directory

root@linuxstorages:~#mkdir /central

Create samba user and password 

root@linuxstorages:~#smbpasswd -a sowmya

Use this command if selinux is enabled for selinux permission

root@linuxstorages:~#chcon -Rt samba_share_t   /central   

Restart samba service and enable in chkconfig

root@linuxstorages:~#service smb restart

root@linuxstorages:~#chkconfig smb on

check the share directory with the ipaddress  

root@linuxstorages:~#smbclient //ipaddress/common -U sowmya  
 

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