21. Samba shares

This part may be used as an example to set up a shared disk. However, it must be customized further to your needs.

This parts primary function is to remember me how it was done, now how ist should be.

This setup may work proper in the following conditions:

the SAMBA server and its clients are on the same LAN
the SAMBA server and its clients are separated from the Internet by 2 firewalls and a DMZ.
all Internet services are provided from within the DMZ
No computer on the DMZ connects to any SAMBA share or printer

If your decide to use the SMB protocol in a similar way, please first have a look on security and performance issues.

Accessing directories from Windows computers as remote disks

Create a new user for Samba access

or choose an existing one. Give him/her an entry in /etc/passwd, and group (shadow). Or add him to an existing group, e.g. "users".

Give him Samba access by the commands:
cd /etc/samba.
smbpasswd -a name.

Install SWAT (Samba Web Access T..)

If not done already in scripe 9.install_more_packages, install SWAT with the command in a root shell: apt-get install swat

Create a share

Use your browser to go to "http://server:901"; first to set some global variables, then to add some directories to be shared. Remember the names of the share, and the users that have access.

Set globals

name	value
workgroup	prive
realm	prive
netbios name	BBS
server string	(%h)
security	share
map to guest	never
password backend	smbpasswd
guest account	local
pam password change	no
username map	/etc/samba/smbusers
unix password sync	no
valid users	local
read list	local
write list	local
printer admin	local
hosts.alow	10.x.y.z/255.255.255.0
syslog	1
socket options	SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
printcap name	cups
case sensitive	no
perserve case	no
short preserve case	no
hide dot files	no

Create share

name	value
comment	BBS /var directory
path	/var
read list	local
valid users	local
write list	local
force group	users
read only	no
create mask	0775
directory mask	775
guest ok	yes

Use a share

In a Windows explorer window, choose Extra or tools, create network share, and fill in the //host/, and the user.

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