Samba

Table of Contents

  1. Installation
  2. Configuration
  3. Samba users
  4. User file permissions
  5. Advanced configuration

Installation

Use apt to install samba.

apt install samba

Some guide might say to install samba-common-bin too, but for me installing samba is enough.

Configuration

Samba provides default config at /etc/samba/smb.conf.
I usually backup that default config to /etc/samba/smb.conf.orig and replace it with mine below.

#======================= Global Settings =======================
[global]
   server role = standalone server

#======================= Share Definitions =======================
[abah]
comment = File abah
path = /home/pi/samba/abah/
valid users = abah
writeable = yes
create mask = 774
create directory mask = 774

[ibu]
comment = File ibu
path = /home/pi/samba/ibu/
valid users = ibu
writeable = yes
create mask = 774
create directory mask = 774

[media-server]
comment = Movies, music, etc
path = /home/pi/samba/media-server/
valid users = @pi
writeable = yes
create mask = 774
create directory mask = 774

Samba users

Samba uses the server’s user. So to implement unique user in samba, follow these steps.

  1. Add new user to the server by using: 
     sudo useradd {new_username}
  2. After creating new user, give it a new samba password as below: 
     sudo smbpasswd -a {new_username}

    To modify an existing Samba user’s Samba password use: smbpasswd {username}

User file permissions

Summary of permission using octal numbers.

Symbolic Octal English
- - - 0 No Permission
- - x 1 Execute
- - w 2 Write
- w x 3 Write & Execute
r - - 4 Read
r - x 5 Read & Execute
- r w 6 Read & Write
r w x 7 Read, Write, Execute

In samba config, this can be defined as:

create mask = 0744
create directory mask = 0755

Advanced configuration

There are just too many config to be mentioned here.
Go to the official documentation for those config together with their default values.
Use the one that suits your need.