SAMBA CONFIGURATION IN RHEL5

SAMBA Server
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Packages on Server: samba and samba-common [Ports: 135(tcp), 137(udp), 138(udp), 139(tcp), 445(tcp)]
Packages on Client: samba-client
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yum install samba samba-common
chkconfig smb on
service smb start


mkdir /data
touch /data/file1
useradd jane
smbpasswd -a jane (a=add)
smbpasswd jane (to modify passwd of jane)


chcon -R -t samba_share_t /data/


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vim /etc/samba/smb.conf (copy and paste last 7 lines and make the below required changes)


[lab]
comment = jane's stuff
valid users = jane tom
path = /data
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
write list = +java
browseable = yes
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If public = yes ( setsebool allow_smbd_anon_write on )
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testparm
service smb restart
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ClientSide:


smbclient -U jane //samba-server/lab