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Samba

Description⚓︎

Samba is an implementation of SMB protocol. It serves as a general purpose file server in my LAN

Note

This service is deployed on multiple machines

Bare Metal⚓︎

Basic info⚓︎

Basic info with official links

smb.conf⚓︎

Warning

Change interface name in interfaces of [global] section
Run ip a to find your ethernet port name

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[global]
  workgroup = WORKGROUP
  min protocol = SMB2
  client min protocol = SMB2
  server string = Media SMB
  server role = standalone server
  log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
  max log size = 50
  dns proxy = no

[mdroot]
  comment = Sharing root over samba for authed users
  path = /
  force user = hudater
  force group = hudater
  create mask = 0664
  force create mode = 0664
  directory mask = 0775
  force directory mode = 0775
  public = no
  writable = yes
  browsable = yes

[mdmnt]
  comment = Sharing MergerFS Folder publicly with no read-write
  path = /mnt
  force user = hudater
  force group = hudater
  create mask = 0664
  force create mode = 0664
  directory mask = 0775
  force directory mode = 0775
  public = yes
  writable = no
  browsable = yes
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[global]
  workgroup = WORKGROUP
  min protocol = SMB2
  client min protocol = SMB2
  server string = Pinux SMB
  server role = standalone server
  log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
  max log size = 50
  bind interfaces only = yes
  interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 lo eth0

[pist]
  comment = Sharing SSD Stoage over samba for all users
  path = /mnt/Pi_Storage
  force user = yourUserName
  force group = yourUserName
  create mask = 0664
  force create mode = 0664
  directory mask = 0775
  force directory mode = 0775
  public = yes
  writable = no
  browsable = yes

[piroot]
  comment = Sharing root over samba for authed users
  path = /
  force user = yourUserName
  force group = yourUserName
  create mask = 0664
  force create mode = 0664
  directory mask = 0775
  force directory mode = 0775
  public = no
  writable = yes
  browsable = yes

Setup⚓︎

  • Install samba package

    Bash
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    sudo pacman -Sy samba
    Bash
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    sudo apt install samba

  • Copy smb config

    Bash
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    sudo cp $SYNCFILES/configBak/samba/acer/acer.smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf
    Bash
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    sudo cp $SYNCFILES/configBak/samba/pi/pi.smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf

  • Set smb password for user

    Bash
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    sudo smbpasswd -a $USER

  • Start and enable smb

    Bash
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    sudo systemctl enable smb.service nmb.service --now
    Bash
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    sudo systemctl enable smbd.service nmbd.service --now

  • To restart service:

    Bash
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    sudo systemctl restart smb.service nmb.service --now
    Bash
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    sudo systemctl restart smbd.service nmbd.service --now

Info

To mount smb share, refer to fstab guide