Module 0153: Samba

Tak Auyeung, Ph.D.

November 4, 2009
1 About this module
2 A history of SMB
3 Necessary packages
4 Configuration
 4.1 The Global section
 4.2 The homes section
 4.3 The printers section
 4.4 Other shares
5 Security related server options
 5.1 browseable
 5.2 create mask
 5.3 directory mask
 5.4 encrypt passwords
 5.5 force group
 5.6 force user
 5.7 guest account
 5.8 guest ok
 5.9 hosts allow
 5.10 hosts deny
 5.11 invalid users
 5.12 log level
 5.13 read only
 5.14 root directory
 5.15 valid users
 5.16 write list
6 Starting and stopping the Samba server
7 smbpasswd
8 SMB client
 8.1 Working with a VM
 8.2 Command line method
9 Security concerns
 9.1 Client side