Basic Configuration

 

When Samba was installed, it created a default configuration file you can copy to get started:   cp /usr/local/etc/smb.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/smb.conf vi /usr/local/etc/smb.conf   Item: 'workgroup' Change from "MYGROUP" to whatever the name your workgroup is. example:   workgroup = YourWorkgroup remote announce = 192.168.0.255/YourWorkgroup   Item: 'server string' Change the server string to whatever is appropriate. Here are some possibilities:   %h Samba Server %h-the-FreeBSD-Samba-Server %h Samba %h_Samba_File_Server_1   '%h' is a variable for the name of the Host computer that Samba is running on.   Item: 'log file' The default line is:   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m The %m is a variable for the client logging in. You can use the default naming convention, or perhaps something like this:   log file = /var/log/Samba-%m.log   Set up the users so that they cannot obliterate their configuration files.  The first section is: Go down until you see: ========================== Share Definitions ========================== [homes]    comment = Homes Directories    browseable = no    writable = yes   Change this to:   [homes]    comment = Home directory for %u on %h    browseable = no    writable = yes    path = /usr/home/%u/Docs    valid users = %S     Let's do the public section.  Just below the commented out section called [public] (just before the '# Other examples' section), let's add a public directory that can be read from and written to by all users:   # A publicly accessible directory, that can be read from # or written to by all valid users. [public]    comment = %h Shared Public Directory    path = /usr/home/samba/public    force directory mode = 0777    force create mode = 0777    force group = nobody    force user = nobody    public = yes    writeable = yes    read only = no   Save this file and exit.   Now let's test the file for typos and other errors:   /usr/local/bin/testparm | more If you don't see any error messages, then it's good to go.   Next, let's create those directories that we referenced just a bit ago:   cd /usr/home mkdir samba cd samba mkdir public cd public   Reboot the computer:   shutdown -r now CREATE ACCOUNTS ON FREEBSD FOR WINDOWS USERS         Each Samba user must be added to 2 user databases:             The first is the FreeBSD OS database             The second is the Samba user database. adduser -v Username: John Full name: John Doe Uid (Leave empty for default): Login group [John]: Login group is Linda. Invite Linda into other groups? []: Login class [default]: Shell (sh csh tcsh bash nologin) [sh]: bash Home directory [/home/Linda]: Use password-based authentication? [yes]: Use an empty password? (yes/no) [no]: Use a random password? (yes/no) [no]: Enter password: Enter password again: Lock out the account after creation? [no]: Username : John Password : ***** Full Name : John Doe Uid : 1004 Class : Groups : John Home : /home/John Shell : /usr/local/bin/bash Locked : no OK? (yes/no): yes adduser: INFO: Successfully added (John) to the user database. Add another user? (yes/no): no Goodbye!   CREATE ACCOUNTS ON SAMBA FOR WINDOWS USERS smbpasswd -a John New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: Repeat the 'smbpasswd -a user' command for all of your Samba users   SET SAMBA SO THAT IT LOADS ON BOOT UP We will need to add a line in this file so that Samba is run when booting up. vi /etc/rc.conf samba_enable="YES" Save the file and exit:   SET PERMISSIONS FOR SAMBA SHARED DIRECTORIES Since we are allowing anyone to do anything in the public directory, set file permissions: cd /usr/home/samba chmod u=rwx public To give Read, Write and execute permissions to the members of the Group, enter:   chmod g=rwx public To give Read, Write and execute permissions to all Others, enter:   chmod o=rwx public Create the users' 'Docs' directories:   cd /usr/home ls -lt Looking at the list, you should see the names of the users that you set up.  For each user, we will now create a 'Docs' directory.  Substitute each of your users for 'username' in the following:   mkdir John/Docs Now since we created all these 'Docs' directories as 'root', let's give ownership to the user.  For each user ('username'), do the following:   chown John John/Docs   Reboot and Test: shutdown -r now Go to a Windows computer and double-click on 'Network-Neighborhood'.  You should be able to navigate to your new Samba server! Or try clicking "Start" then "Run" on your Windows computer and typing:     \\YourFreeBSDServerIP and click "Ok"