Centos 5.3 on Samba server (SMB) Install and configure

Install Cent OS 5.3

frist back up smb folder and group password file in /etc

[root@aaicdata ~]#cp -fr /etc/samba /root/backup

[root@aaicdata ~]#cp -fr /etc/password /root/backup

[root@aaicdata ~]#cp -fr /etc/group /root/backup

How to Get Samba Started

root@aaicdata ~]#service iptables stop

root@aaicdata ~]#chkconfig iptables off

root@aaicdata ~]#service smb start

root@aaicdata ~]# chkconfig smb on

[root@aaicdata ~]#service smb start


Add group and users 

Example 1

root@aaicdata ~]#groupadd it
root@aaicdata ~]#useradd test
root@aaicdata ~]#usermod -G it test


Example 1
root@aaicdata ~]#groupadd hr
root@aaicdata ~]#useradd test1
root@aaicdata ~]#usermod -G hr test1


configure smb conf 


then open /etc/samba/smb.conf

root@aaicdata ~]#vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

Global Settings for main display configuration

======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: MIDEARTH
#   workgroup = MYGROUP
     workgroup = AAIC
     server string = samba server
     encrypt passwords = Yes
     #obey pam restrictions = Yes
     #pam password change = Yes
  
in this section you can create share folder for network 

disable  this home folder section  
#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
#[homes]
;   comment = Home Directories
;   browseable = no
;   writable = yes

and add you want to share

[it department ]
comment = IT S/F Development
path = /data/it
writable = yes
browseable = yes
create mask = 0770
directory mask = 0770
guest ok = no


root@aaicdata ~]#mkdir /data/it
root@aaicdata ~]#chmod 3770 /data/it
root@aaicdata ~]#chown root:it /data/it

root@aaicdata ~]#service smb restart


done !