Using Samba, Second Edition

Appendix A. Example Configuration Files

Earlier in this book, we provided information on how to set parameters inside the Samba configuration file, but rarely have we shown an example of a complete file that can actually be used to run a server. In this appendix, we provide examples of complete configuration files for running Samba in the various modes we’ve discussed. Using one of these examples, you can run Samba as a workgroup authentication server, workgroup server, primary domain controller, or domain member server.

We have kept the examples simple so that they have the most universal application. They can be used as starting templates, which you can easily modify to fit your own needs, to get a Samba server up and running with minimal delay. The comments inside the files indicate what needs to be changed, and how, to work on a particular system on your network.

Samba in a Workgroup

If your network is configured as a workgroup, adding a Samba server is pretty simple. Samba even lets you add features, such as user-level security and WINS, that would normally require an expensive Windows NT/2000 Server.

Authentication and WINS Server

In a workgroup environment, Samba can be set up with share-level security and without offering WINS name service. This works and is simple, but we generally recommend that user-level security be enabled to allow Windows 95/98/Me systems to make use of it. Also, it only takes a single parameter to enable Samba as a WINS server, resulting in far better ...