By
Dr. Hidaia Mahmood Alassouli
Hidaia_alassouli@hotmail.com
This work is a step-by-step “how to” guide for configuring Samba file server, Quota and
scheduled backup of important files. The paper provides an installation guide for,
1. Samba server.
2. Quota.
3. Scheduled backup of important files.
You need to install most of the samba packages: samba, samba-common and samba-swat rpms, using the following commands,
# rpm –ivh samba-*.rpm.
# rpm –ivh samba-common-*.rpm.
# rpm –ivh samba-swat-*.rpm.
Samba uses /etc/samba/smb.conf as its configuration file. If you change this configuration file, the changes do not take effect until you restart the Samba daemon with the command service smb restart.
To specify the Windows workgroup and a brief description of the Samba server, edit the following lines in your smb.conf file:
workgroup = WORKGROUPNAME
server string = BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT SERVER
To create a Samba share directory on your Linux system, add the following section to your smb.conf file (after modifying it to reflect your needs and your system):
[sharename]
comment = Insert a comment here
path = /home/share/
valid users = tfox carole
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765
The above example allows the users tfox and carole to read and write to the directory /home/share, on the Samba server, from a Samba client.