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Updated for Winter 2014 semester. Moved smb service to VM02.
==Configuring a Samba Server on Linux==
*On your host F17 system install Samba
yum install samba samba-client
*Create a backup of the file /etc/samba/smb.conf, and create a new one that includes only the following:
[global]
*Create a Samba password for user <learnid> with the command
smbpasswd -a <learnid>
*If you need to, you can change a user's password by using the command
smbpasswd <username>
*Confirm the user you created has been added using the following command
pdbedit -L -v
testparm
*You can now start your Samba server
systemctl start smb.service
*Ensure your server starts at boot.
*You will need to determine which ports you need to open to allow connections to your server(hint: there are a total of six port and protocol combinations needed).
*Test if you have a connection with the command
smbclient -U <learnid> -L f17vm02
*It will show you a list of all available shares.
== Using smbclient ==
*Install In a full installation you should not need to install samba-client on your vm01, but if it is not present then do so.
*From vm01 use the "smbclient" command in a terminal window.
smbclient '\\f17vm02\home' -U <learnid>
*After entering your password you should get a prompt similar to
smb: \>
smb: \> ls
NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED listing \*
*SE Linux should be in Enforcing and will need to be adjusted (on the samba server) for this to work.
setsebool -P samba_enable_home_dirs 1
*Use Once you have access to the directory use the get and put commands (similar to ftp) to move files
*When you are finished close the connection.
*The next way is to use the mount command.
*Use the mount command on vm01 to mount your home directory
mkdir /tmp/f17vm02-home mount -t cifs //f17vm02/home /tmp/f17vm02-home -o username=<learnid> ls /tmp/f17vm02-home
== Using Nautilus to browse Samba shares ==
*Start a graphical interface on vm01.
*Use the "Activities" menu from the desktop on open 'files'.
*From the menu at in the top side-bar of the files tool, choose 'Go' and 'LocationConnect to Server'. *Enter 'smb://f17vm02/home' as the location, and enter your samba password in the prompt.**Where f17 vm02 is the name of the server, and home is the name of the directory it is sharing.*Enter After you have checked that you can access your password at files, unmount the share by right-clicking its icon in the promptside-bar and clicking 'Unmount'.
== Using a browser ==
*You can also use a web browser with support for the SMB protocol such as Konqueror.**Note that firefox does not have such support.
*If Konqueror is not installed then install it with the command:
yum install kdebase
*Start Konqueror, the web/file browser, and in the address bar enter the follwingfollowing smb://f17vm02/home*Enter your username and password when prompted.
*Double click on a file you have some text in.
**Open it with gedit, make some changes, and save it.
**When prompted, choose to upload the file.
*Close Konqueror.
*cat the file on your host machinemachineto ensure the changes were properly uploaded.
=Connecting to a Linux SMB Server from a Windows Client (Windows 7)=
*Power up a Windows 7 system in the lab and login using your LEARN username and password.
*Add the prerouting and forwarding rules to your iptables necessary to redirect samba traffic to your VM 2.*Open up Explorer and Right click on Computer > Map network drive.. > Select a Drive Letter and '\\<ip-address-of-f17-host>\home' > you will then be asked for your username and password.
*You should now be able to browser, drag and drop your files to and from the Windows machine.
==Completing the Lab==
While completing this lab you have gained experience using a service designed to allow interaction from a variety of client tools on multiple OS platforms. You have also experienced service related tools that allow you to view configuration parameters and errors in real-time.
Answer the following questions
#What is the purpose of the testparm command?
