Samba Tips

Starting and Stopping

/etc/init.d/samba restart
/etc/init.d/samba start
/etc/init.d/samba stop

Configuration File

smb.conf

smbstatus

smbpasswd

Common Tasks

Mounting a samba share from a linux box

mount -t smbfs -o username=<username>,password=<password>,workgroup=<workgroup or domain> //server/share /<full path to mount point>

Hello World Samba Server configuration

1. Simple /etc/smb.conf
2. /etc/init.d/samba restart
3. adduser pcguest
4. smbpasswd -a pcguest
5. On a windows machine \\<ipaddress>
6. Enter the proper credentials

Troubleshooting Samba Client

Check the client logs - /var/log/samba

Check manual access to the remote filesystems
smbclient -L <host> -U <user> -W <workgroup/domain>

Manually mount the filesystem
mount -t smbfs -o username=<user>,workgroup=<workgroup/domain> //<server>/<share> /<mount point>