Samba Server Configuration In Ubuntu 14.04 LTS-Secured Samba Sharing Server

                                Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients.

                               SMB, which stands for Server Message Block, is a protocol for sharing files, printers, serial ports, and communications abstractions such as named pipes and mailslots between computer

 

Secured Samba Sharing Server

Ubuntu SAMBA Server

1. Install the samba

apt-get install samba samba-common python-glade2 system-config-samba

2. Create a group “smbgrp” & user “jagan” to access the samba server with proper authentication

root@server1:~#addgroup smbgrp

root@server1:~#adduser jagan -G smbgrp

root@server1:~# smbpasswd -a jagan

New SMB password:

Retype new SMB password:

Added user jagan

3. Create the folder viz secured in the /samba folder & give permissions like this

root@server1:~#mkdir -p /var/samba/secured

root@server1:~#cd /var/samba

root@server1:~#chmod -R 0770 secured/

4. Edit the configuration file as : (Add at the end of the file )

vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

[secured]
path = /var/samba/secured
valid users = @smbgrp
guest ok = no
writable = yes
browsable = yes

5. Restart the Samba services to enable the new configuration:  

service smbd restart

service nmbd restart

Client Windows Machine

                         Now at windows machine check the folder now with the proper credentials.You will again face the issue of permissions to give write permission to the user jagan do

Modified the Permissions in Samba Server

cd /var/samba/

            chown -R jagan:smbgrp secured/