How To Configure Samba File Share on

AlmaLinux 8|Oracle Linux 8

How To Configure Samba File Share on
AlmaLinux 8|Oracle Linux 8
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We’ll  look at how to set up Samba File Share on AlmaLinux 8 | Oracle Linux 8  in this
guide. Samba is a free and open-source software that enables  sharing files across a
network simple for Windows and Linux/Unix  systems. Samba is essentially an open-
source reimplementation of the SMB  and CIFS networking protocols. Samba
provides file sharing, printing,  and domain control services within the network in
addition to file  sharing between clients and hosts.

Benefits of using Samba File Sharing

The following are the advantages of using Samba:
It enables Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients to communicate with
one another.
File systems are shared.
Printers installed on both the server and the clients can be shared.
Clients logging into a Windows domain must be authenticated.
Samba is a free and open source application.

Configure Samba File Share on AlmaLinux 8|Oracle

Linux 8
The steps below will guide you on how to Configure Samba File Share on AlmaLinux
8 | Oracle Linux 8.

Step 1: Install Samba Packages on AlmaLinux 8|Oracle Linux 8

Update your AlmaLinux 8 | Oracle Linux 8 System as follows:
 sudo dnf update

Run the following command to install Samba:

$ sudo dnf install samba samba-client
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:41 ago on Mon 10 Jan 2022 02:44:44 PM EAT.
Dependencies resolved.
========================================================================================
========================================================================================
===============
Package Architecture
Version Repository
Size
========================================================================================
========================================================================================
===============
Installing:
samba x86_64
4.14.5-7.el8_5 baseos
846 k
samba-client x86_64
4.14.5-7.el8_5 baseos
700 k
Installing dependencies:
samba-common-tools x86_64
4.14.5-7.el8_5 baseos
499 k
samba-libs x86_64
4.14.5-7.el8_5 baseos
168 k

Transaction Summary
========================================================================================
========================================================================================
===============
Install 4 Packages

Total download size: 2.2 M

Installed size: 6.3 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y

Step 2: Configure Samba Share on AlmaLinux 8 | Oracle Linux 8

We’ll do some adjustments now that Samba is installed to improve the application’s
performance.
Before altering the configuration file, make a backup to allow for a rollback if the file
becomes corrupted:
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.bk
Create samba user as follows:
sudo adduser -M sambauser

With the following command, create a Samba password for the newly created user:
$ sudo smbpasswd -a sambauser
New SMB password:<ENTER PASSWORD>
Retype new SMB password:<RE-ENTER PASSWORD>
Added user sambauser.

Now, in the /srv directory path, create a samba share called myfiles.
sudo mkdir -p /srv/myfiles

Following that, we’ll assign permissions and ownerships as seen below:

sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/myfiles
sudo chown -R nobody:nobody /srv/myfiles
sudo chcon -t samba_share_t /srv/myfiles

Using the command below, create a new Samba configuration file.

sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add the following to the file created above:

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server %v
netbios name = SambaServer
security = user
map to guest = bad user
dns proxy = no

[Public]
path = /srv/myfiles
browsable =yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no

Save and exit the file.

Run the following command to check the configuration:
$ sudo testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Loaded services file OK.
Weak crypto is allowed

Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

 # Global parameters
[global]
dns proxy = No
map to guest = Bad User
netbios name = ALMALINUX 8
security = USER
server string = Samba Server %v
idmap config * : backend = tdb

[Public]
guest ok = Yes
path = /srv/myfiles
read only = No

Step 3: Samba Share Service Management on AlmaLinux 8 | Oracle Linux

8
Run the following commands to Start and and enable samba and nmb services.
sudo systemctl start smb
sudo systemctl enable smb
sudo systemctl start nmb
sudo systemctl enable nmb

Verify status of both smb service if it’s active and running:

$ sudo systemctl status smb
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; vendor preset:
disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-10 15:33:01 EAT; 2min 7s ago
Docs: man:smbd(8)
man:samba(7)
man:smb.conf(5)
Main PID: 12163 (smbd)
Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
Tasks: 4 (limit: 20981)
Memory: 26.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
├─12163 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
├─12165 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
├─12166 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
└─12172 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group

Jan 10 15:33:00 Rocky systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...

Jan 10 15:33:01 Rocky smbd[12163]: [2022/01/10 15:33:01.316838, 0]
../../lib/util/become_daemon.c:136(daemon_ready)
Jan 10 15:33:01 Rocky systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.
 Jan 10 15:33:01 Rocky smbd[12163]: daemon_ready: daemon 'smbd' finished starting up
and ready to serve connections

Verify status of both nmb service if it’s active and running:

$ sudo systemctl status nmb
● nmb.service - Samba NMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nmb.service; enabled; vendor preset:
disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-10 15:33:14 EAT; 2min 59s ago
Docs: man:nmbd(8)
man:samba(7)
man:smb.conf(5)
Main PID: 12216 (nmbd)
Status: "nmbd: ready to serve connections..."
Tasks: 1 (limit: 20981)
Memory: 2.8M
CGroup: /system.slice/nmb.service
└─12216 /usr/sbin/nmbd --foreground --no-process-group

Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]:

Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]: Samba name server ALMALINUX 8 is now a local
master browser for workgroup WORKGROUP on subnet 192.168.122.1
Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]:
Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]: *****
Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]: [2022/01/10 15:33:47.669118, 0]
../../source3/nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:398(become_local_master_stage2)
Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]: *****
Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]:
Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]: Samba name server ALMALINUX 8 is now a local
master browser for workgroup WORKGROUP on subnet 10.0.2.15
Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]:
Jan 10 15:33:47 Rocky nmbd[12216]: *****

Step 4: Configure Firewall for Samba Share

Now we’ll allow samba services to pass over the firewall, allowing access from the
outside.
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=samba --zone=public --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Step 5: Accessing Samba share from Windows Client

Press Windows Key + R and type the server hostname or IP address to access
shared folders on Windows Client.
When you press enter, a shared folder named myfiles will appear, as illustrated
below:

The following are the files generated in a Samba sharing server’s myfiles directory:

Step 6: Configure Samba client on Linux

To access the Samba share directory from another system, we’ll need to install the
Samba client. On Debian Linux, I’m going to install the Samba client.
 sudo apt install samba-client cifs-utils

To acquire temporary access to a Samba share, run the command with the syntax
listed below:
$ smbclient //sambaserver-ip/share-dir -U sambauser

Here is the output:

$ smbclient //192.168.33.10/myfiles -U sambauser
Enter WORKGROUP\user1's password:
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \> ls
. D 0 Mon Jan 10 15:00:21 2022
.. D 0 Mon Jan 10 14:36:25 2021
index.php N 0 Mon Jan 10 14:39:49 2021
test.conf N 0 Mon Jan 10 15:30:10 2021
file1.txt N 0 Mon Jan 10 15:20:21 2021

44326000 blocks of size 1024. 33790808 blocks available

smb: \>

For persistent access, mount the Samba share to a directory:

sudo mkdir -p /mounts/shares
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=sambauser //192.168.33.10/myfiles /mounts/shares

Conclusion
Samba  has been successfully installed on AlmaLinux 8 | Oracle Linux 8, and  the
shared directory has been mounted on Windows and Debian clients.
Similar Guides:
Install and Configure Samba Share on Windows
Configure Samba Share on Arch | Manjaro | Garuda Linux
Install and Configure Samba File Sharing on Rocky Linux 8
Install and Configure Samba File Sharing on Linux Mint

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