Title: samba notes
Subject: samba notes
http://www.skippy.net/linux/smb-howto.html

Mounting Windows systems from Linux 
(with this you can run shell scripts against nt system)

List Servers on an NT Domain:
# smbclient -L PCD_SERVER_NAME -U<username> -W DOMAIN_NAME -d3

List all shares on an NT system:
# /usr/sbin/smbclient -L SERVER_Name -U<username> -W DOMAIN_NAME -d3

To mount, put all this on one line:
smbmount //SERVER_Name/SHARE_NAME /mnt/SERVER_NAME/SHARE_NAME -o username=<username>,
fmask=644,dmask=755,uid=<UID>,gid=<GID>,ip=<SERVER_NAME_ipaddress>,debug=0,workgroup=DOMAIN_NAME
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STARTING SAMBA

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Soren Method ->slick
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type cd /etc/
        smb.conf resides here if smb package was loaded in install.
type ps
        this displays processes running
type ps aux |grep mbd
        this will be empty if samba is not running
type smbd&
        this starts the file and printer sharing
type nmbd&
        this starts netbios service
type ps aux |grep mbd
        processes will now show up.
type samba status
        this should display:
        smbd (pid 1080) is running...
        nmbd (pid 1080) is running...
start linuxconf, and go to user accounts/normal/user accounts
create a group smb
create a uer smbuser, 
        group:          smb
        home directory: /home/public
        logon:          disabled
        password:       <blank>
type chown smbuser:smb /home/public
type chmod 2777 /home/public
        now all files belong to in /home/samba belong to smb group, regardless of who creates them.
type mkdir /home/samba
        in my case this dir already existed
type chown smbuser:smb /home/samba
type chmod 2770 /home/samba
type mkdir /home/samba/data
type chown smbuser:smb /home/samba/data
type chmod 2770 /home/samba/data
        the data dir is only accessable to users who belong to smb group.
        to access this directory add a user to the smb group by editing the /etc/group file
        
        Now setup swat (samba web admin tool)
type vi /etc/services
        you will find "swat 901/tcp" at the boottom of the file.
type vi /etc/inetd.conf
type /swat <enter>
        you will find "swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/swat swat"
type vi /etc/hosts.deny
        to secure swat from just any machine, 
        "swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/swat"
type vi /etc/hosts.deny
type "o" and "ALL:ALL" <esc> ":wq"
type vi /etc/hosts.allow
type "o" and "127.0.0.1" <esc> ":wq"
        now only the local machine (or a spoofer) can configure samba
        add additional ip's to give other machines edit access.
type killall -HUP inetd
        this restarts inetd
open a browser, and go to url: 127.0.0.1:901

this didn't work for me. Damn!
OK, so I remved ALL:ALL from /etc/hosts.deny
repeat killall -HUP inetd
        
        

man samba for more information on what these things do.

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cd samba.d
ls
mv smb.conf.sample smb.conf

samba start

CREATE SAMBA USER AND GROUPS
coas/system/accounts/
add smbuser (useradd smbuser)
make group (groupadd -g 505 smb)

make directory for samba and public (
cd /home/
mkdir samba
mkdir public
chown smbuser:smb /home/public
chmod 2777 /home/public
 
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lilo -u will uninstall lilo but will not repair bmr

mbrcheck.exe for nt and 9x will find the old mbr
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Administraton
open browser on server.
go to localhost:901

for samba www.flux.org for links to setup cable modem/dsl for fire wall in linux.
we followed the book for most of the install.
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