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Setup Samba File Sharing on FreeBSD

Added by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Curtis
Category:
File Server
Target version:
FreeBSD 10
Start date:
08/31/2016
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
0.50 h
Spent time:
1.00 h

Description

This is a guide for setting up two samba shares on FreeBSD 10; one guest share that is visible by everyone, and another share that must be authenticated.

Prepare the Environment

  • Make sure the system is up to date:
    pkg update && pkg upgrade

Install Samba

  • Install samba4:
    pkg install samba43
  • Edit the samba config:
    vi /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf
    • And add/edit the following:
      [global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server v %v
netbios name = FileServer
wins support = Yes
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam
  • Start and enable samba and winbind at boot:
    echo 'samba_server_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
service samba_server start

Authenticated Share

  • Add the user bob:
    adduser
  • Add the samba user bob:
    smbpasswd -a bob
  • Make the /var/privatedownloads folder:
    mkdir /var/privatedownloads
  • Change the ownership of the privatedownloads folder:
    chown bob /var/privatedownloads
  • Edit the samba config:
    vi /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf
    • And add the following to the end of the file:
      # Share /var/privatedownloads accessible only to 'bob' user
[privatedownloads]
path = /var/privatedownloads
valid users = bob
writable  = yes
browsable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = no
public = no
create mask = 0666
directory mask = 0755
  • Restart samba:
    service samba_server restart

Read-Only Guest Share

  • Make the /var/downloads folder:
    mkdir /var/downloads
  • Change the ownership of the ownloads folder:
    chown bob /var/downloads
  • Edit the samba config:
    vi /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf
    • And add the following to the end of the file:
      # Share /var/downloads accessible to everyone as read-only
[downloads]
path = /var/downloads
writable  = no
browsable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
public = yes
directory mask = 0755
  • Restart samba:
    service samba_server restart

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