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Run rpm -q samba samba-common samba-client to confirm the samba, samba-common, and samba-client packages are installed. If any of these packages are not installed, install them by running yum install package-name as the root user.
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Run mkdir /myshare as the root user to create a new top-level directory to share files through Samba.
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Run touch /myshare/file1 as the root user to create an empty file. This file is used later to verify the Samba share mounted correctly.
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SELinux allows Samba to read and write to files labeled with the samba_share_t type, as long as /etc/samba/smb.conf and Linux permissions are set accordingly. Run the following command as the root user to add the label change to file-context configuration:
semanage fcontext -a -t samba_share_t "/myshare(/.*)?"
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Run restorecon -R -v /myshare as the root user to apply the label changes:
# restorecon -R -v /myshare
restorecon reset /myshare context unconfined_u:object_r:default_t:s0->system_u:object_r:samba_share_t:s0
restorecon reset /myshare/file1 context unconfined_u:object_r:default_t:s0->system_u:object_r:samba_share_t:s0
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Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf as the root user. Add the following to the bottom of this file to share the /myshare/ directory through Samba:
[myshare]
comment = My share
path = /myshare
public = yes
writeable = no
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A Samba account is required to mount a Samba file system. Run smbpasswd -a username as the root user to create a Samba account, where username is an existing Linux user. For example, smbpasswd -a testuser creates a Samba account for the Linux testuser user:
# smbpasswd -a testuser
New SMB password: Enter a password
Retype new SMB password: Enter the same password again
Added user testuser.
Running smbpasswd -a username, where username is the username of a Linux account that does not exist on the system, causes a Cannot locate Unix account for 'username'! error.
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Run service smb start as the root user to start the Samba service:
service smb start
Starting SMB services: [ OK ]
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Run smbclient -U username -L localhost to list the available shares, where username is the Samba account added in step 7. When prompted for a password, enter the password assigned to the Samba account in step 7 (version numbers may differ):
$ smbclient -U username -L localhost
Enter username's password:
Domain=[HOSTNAME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.0-0.41.el6]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
myshare Disk My share
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server Version 3.4.0-0.41.el6)
username Disk Home Directories
Domain=[HOSTNAME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.0-0.41.el6]
Server Comment
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Workgroup Master
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Run mkdir /test/ as the root user to create a new directory. This directory will be used to mount the myshare Samba share.
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Run the following command as the root user to mount the myshare Samba share to /test/, replacing username with the username from step 7:
mount //localhost/myshare /test/ -o user=username
Enter the password for username, which was configured in step 7.
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Run ls /test/ to view the file1 file created in step 3:
$ ls /test/
file1
