February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
23h 11m
English
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Chapter 6. The Samba Configuration File
In previous chapters, we showed you how to install Samba on a Unix server and set up Windows clients to use a simple disk share. This chapter will show you how Samba can assume more productive roles on your network.
Samba’s daemons, smbd and
nmbd, are controlled through a single ASCII
file, smb.conf, that can contain over 300 unique
options (also called parameters). Some of these options you will use
and change frequently; others you might never use, depending on how
much functionality you want Samba to offer its clients.
This chapter introduces the structure of the Samba configuration file and shows you how to use options to create and modify disk shares. Subsequent chapters will discuss browsing, how to configure users, security, printing, and other topics related to implementing Samba on your network.
The Samba Configuration File
The Samba configuration file, called smb.conf by
default, uses the same format as Windows
.ini
files. If you have ever worked with a
.ini file, you will find
smb.conf easy to create and modify. Even if you
haven’t, you will find the format to be simple and
easy to learn. Here is an example of a Samba
configuration
file:
[global]
workgroup = METRAN
encrypt passwords = yes
wins support = yes
log level = 1
max log size = 1000
read only = no
[homes]
browsable = no
map archive = yes
[printers]
path = /var/tmp
printable = yes
min print space = 2000
[test]
browsable = yes
read only = yes
path = /usr/local/samba/tmpThis ...
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