Deploy samba RedHat or CentOS 7
Posted On September 19, 2016
By definition samba is network file and print sharing service that is supported by most operating systems today. In this blog we will take a look at deploying samba server on REDHAT 7 system to share files with Windows 7 or 8 based client. The procedure will be same on CentOS, and most other distributions although location of configuration files and the way services are handled may vary. We will be sharing directory names smbshare. We will create usergroup named staff and user john
Lets get started:
Install necessary software
#yum install -y samba samba-commons cups-libs policycoreutils-python samba-client #mkdir /smbshare #groupadd staff #chgrp -R staff /smbshare #chmod -R 777 /smbshare #useradd john #usermod -G staff john #smbpasswd -a john “your password”
Add the following at the end of smb.conf file
[smbshare] comment = shared-directory path = /smbshare public = no valid users = john, @staff writable = yes browseable = yes create mask = 0765
Staring services
systemctl start smb.service systemctl start nmb.service systemctl enable smb.service systemctl enable nmb.service
At this point you should be able to connect to share from any windows system that has appropriate network access.