Support #848
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 7 years ago
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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.
h2. Prepare the Environment
* Make sure the system is up to date:
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pkg update && pkg upgrade
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h2. Install Samba
* Install samba4:
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pkg install samba43
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* Edit the samba config:
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vi /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf
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#* And add/edit the following:
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[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server v %v
netbios name = FileServer
wins support = Yes
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam
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* Start and enable samba and winbind at boot:
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echo 'samba_server_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
service samba_server start
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h3. Authenticated Share
* Add the user bob:
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adduser
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* Add the samba user bob:
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smbpasswd -a bob
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* Make the /var/privatedownloads folder:
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mkdir /var/privatedownloads
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* Change the ownership of the privatedownloads folder:
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chown bob /var/privatedownloads
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* Edit the samba config:
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vi /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf
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#* And add the following to the end of the file:
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# 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
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* Restart samba:
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service samba_server restart
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h3. Read-Only Guest Share
* Make the /var/downloads folder:
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mkdir /var/downloads
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* Change the ownership of the ownloads folder:
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chown bob /var/downloads
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* Edit the samba config:
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vi /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf
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#* And add the following to the end of the file:
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# 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
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* Restart samba:
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service samba_server restart
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h2. Resources
* https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-samba.html
* http://scratching.psybermonkey.net/2010/10/freebsd-quick-setup-of-samba-file.html