Windows connectivity

Windows connectivity

Works as:

• File server
• Printer server (including PDF)
• Domain controller in Windows networks
• Authentication

for Windows clients

Samba installation

For Windows XP and later clients, there is nothing to install.

For the Linux server:

Install Samba:

sudo apt-get install samba

Samba configuration

To define a share (in this example, the home folders), edit the /etc/samba/smb.cnf file:

Make home directories shared, browsable, read-write:

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
read only =no
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775
valid users = %S

Define the password for a share user:

Reload Samba configuration:

sudo /etc/init.d/samba reload

Other Samba capabilities

We just saw the most basic capability of Samba.

Other things you can do:

• Sharing CUPS printers
• Various security issues
• Active Directory integration, including Kerberos authentication
• Database integration for user information
• LDAP integration
• Domain controller or client
• WINS
• Remote and local management

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