====== Samba Setup ==
===== Expose one shared dir ==

Tested setup on Slack 12.2.

First create a [[http://us5.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/install.html#id2553100|simple Samba configuration file]] ''/etc/samba/smb.conf'':

<code ini>
[global]
    workgroup = testgroup
    follow symlinks = no
[mytest]
    path = /smb
    read only = no
    guest ok = no
</code>

Test Your Config File, create a directory for the [mytest] samba share above, start samba server and check if server responds (all as root):

<code bash>
testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf # test config file
mkdir /smb                   # create samba share
chmod 777 /smb
chomd +x /etc/rc.d/rc.samba  # start server
/etc/rc.d/rc.samba start
smbclient -U% -L localhost   # check (just press return at password promt)
</code>

Enable access for a normal user (eg "sandy"). Note that the user must already have a normal login on the machine (''adduser sandy'').

  smbpasswd -a sandy

Check if samba share is accessable as normal user sandy on the server:

  smbclient //localhost/mytest

Check if samba share is accessable as normal user sandy on a windows client:

  M:\>net use j: \\etb-111\mytest

Other documentation: [[http://us5.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/toc.html|Using Samba, 2nd Edition]], [[http://us5.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/|Samba-3 by Example]], [[http://us5.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/|Samba man pages]]

===== Expose home dirs per user ==

<code ini>
[global]
    workgroup = testgroup
    follow symlinks = no
[user]
    path = /home/%U
    read only = no
</code>

  M:\>net use j: \\etb-111\user
  Username: sandy
  Password: ***

''%U'' was found [[http://us5.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/simple.html#AccountingOffice|here]]

===== Set file mode creation mask ==

As default a remote Win client creates a file on the server ''744 = rwxr--r--''. The mask can be [[http://us5.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#CREATEMASK|changed]] with in ''smb.conf'' to e.g. the linux default ''644 = rw-r--r--'':

<code ini>
[global]
    create mask = 0644
</code>

===== List Users in Smb Database ==

  pdbedit -L [-v]

===== Import User Accounts from other Smb Server ==

<del>Just copy ''/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb'' form old server to new server.</del> This doesn't work any more. They user account/password file is now at ''/var/lib/samba/private''

Because the new location of the password file is obviously not mentioned in man pages of pdbedit and smbpasswd i suppose it is not meant to simply copy it over. Instead on the old server we export all samba users to a textfile and import that file into the new samba server:

<code bash>
# On old server:
pdbedit -e smbpasswd:smbusers.txt
# Now copy smbusers.txt to new server and on the new server:
pdbedit -i smbpasswd:smbusers.txt
</code>