Configure SAMBA Server (Part-1)

Configure SAMBA Server on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux5 (Part-1)

 Configuration Samba as a Stand-alone Server on RHEL5

Samba Server is used to share resources from windows to Linux & also Linux to windows. Samba use CIFS file system which use SMB protocol.

SAMBA Provide following Services:

• File & Printer Sharing
• Name Resolution
• Browsing
• Authentication & Authorization

Basic Configuration

Step-1: Check samba rpm package is installed or not by following this command:

                       

[root@srv1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep –i samba*    or

[root@srv1 ~]#  rpm –qa samba*

samba-common-3.0.33-3.14.el5

samba-swat-3.0.33-3.14.el5 

samba-3.0.33-3.14.el5

samba-client-3.0.33-3.14.el5

system-config-samba-1.2.41-5.el5

If not installed then install the packages using yum command

[root@srv1 ~]# yum Install samba* -y

Step-2: Check and Configure the Network Card:

[root@srv1 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

(Modified File):

#Broadcom Corporation Net link BCM57875 Gigabyte Ethernet PCI Express

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=static

HWADDR=00:0C:29: EB: B2: CA

ONBOOT=yes

TYPE=Ethernet

PEERDNS=no

USERCTL=no

IPV6INIT=no

IPADDR=210.207.201.8

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

NETWORK=210.207.201.0

BROADCAST=210.207.201.255

Step-3:  After complete the NIC configure you have to change the host name by following this                             command:

[root@samba ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network

(Modified File):

NETWORKING=yes

NETWORKING_IPV6=no

HOSTNAME=srv1

After changing you have to reload/restart the NIC(eth0) card by following command:

[root@srv1 ~]# ifdown eth0

[root@srv1 ~]# ifup eth0

[root@srv1 ~]# service network restart