source: server/other/samba3.xml@ 4ca92e2c

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY samba3-download-http "http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-&samba3-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY samba3-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-&samba3-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY samba3-size "14.4 MB">
<!ENTITY samba3-buildsize "123 MB">
<!ENTITY samba3-time "10.5 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="samba3" xreflabel="Samba-&samba3-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="samba3.html"?>
<title>Samba-&samba3-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Samba</application></title>

<para>The <application>Samba</application> package provides file and print 
services to <acronym>SMB</acronym>/<acronym>CIFS</acronym> clients and
Windows networking to Linux clients.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&samba3-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&samba3-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &samba3-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &samba3-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &samba3-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Maintainer Recommended Patch: <ulink 
url="&patch-root;/samba-&samba3-version;-maintainer-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3>
<title><application>Samba</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4>
<title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>,
<xref linkend="openldap"/>,
<xref linkend="cups"/>,
<xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
<xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
<xref linkend="mysql"/> or <xref linkend="postgresql"/>,
<xref linkend="Python"/>, and
<ulink url="http://valgrind.kde.org/">Valgrind</ulink>
</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Samba</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Samba</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../samba-&samba3-version;-maintainer-1.patch &amp;&amp;
cd source &amp;&amp;
install -d /var/cache/samba &amp;&amp;
./configure \
    --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --localstatedir=/var \
    --with-piddir=/var/run \
    --with-fhs \
    --with-smbmount &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
install -m755 nsswitch/libnss_win{s,bind}.so /lib &amp;&amp;
ln -sf libnss_winbind.so /lib/libnss_winbind.so.2 &amp;&amp;
ln -sf libnss_wins.so /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 &amp;&amp;
cp ../examples/smb.conf.default /etc/samba</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>You may want to run <command>configure</command> with the
<parameter>--help</parameter> parameter.  There may be other parameters 
needed to take advantage of the optional dependencies.</para></note>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation command explanations</title>

<para><command>install -d /var/cache/samba</command>: This directory is 
needed for proper operation of the <command>smbd</command> and 
<command>nmbd</command> daemons.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: Sets the configuration
file directory to avoid the default of <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: Sets the variable
data directory to avoid the default of <filename class="directory">/usr/var</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--with-fhs</option>: Assigns all other file paths in a manner 
compliant with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 
(<acronym>FHS</acronym>).</para>

<para><option>--with-smbmount</option>: Orders the creation of an extra 
binary for use by the <command>mount</command> command so that mounting remote 
<acronym>SMB</acronym> (Windows) shares becomes no more complex than mounting 
remote <acronym>NFS</acronym> shares.</para>

<para><command>install -m755 nsswitch/libnss_win{s,bind}.so /lib</command>:
The nss libraries are not installed by default.  If you intend to use
winbindd for domain auth, and/or <acronym>WINS</acronym> name resolution, 
you need these libraries.</para> 

<para><command>ln -sf libnss_winbind.so /lib/libnss_winbind.so.2</command> 
and <command>ln -sf libnss_wins.so /lib/libnss_wins.so.2</command>:
These symlinks are required by glibc to use the nss libraries.</para>

<para><command>cp ../examples/smb.conf.default /etc/samba</command>:
This copies a default <filename>smb.conf </filename>into
<filename>/etc/samba</filename>.  This sample configuration will not 
work unless edited for your site, and renamed 
<filename>smb.conf</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Samba</application></title>

<para>Because of the various uses for <application>Samba</application>, 
complete configuration is well beyond the scope of the BLFS book.  
In fact, many complete books have been written on this topic alone.  
The included documentation, a popular book published by O'Reilly, 
can be viewed by pointing your web browser to
<ulink url="file:///usr/share/samba/swat/using_samba/toc.html" />.
</para>

<para>The built in <acronym>SWAT</acronym> (Samba Web Administration Tool) 
utility can be used for basic configuration, however, before 
using <acronym>SWAT</acronym> you must add an entry to
<filename>/etc/services</filename> and make changes to your
<command>inetd</command>/<command>xinetd</command> 
configuration.</para> 

<para>Add the swat entry to <filename>/etc/services</filename> with the 
following command: </para>

<screen><userinput><command>echo "swat            901/tcp" &gt;&gt; /etc/services</command></userinput></screen>

<para>If <command>inetd</command> is used, the following command will add the 
swat entry to <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>: </para>

<screen><userinput><command>echo "swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/swat swat" \
    &gt;&gt; /etc/inetd.conf</command></userinput></screen>
<para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP inetd</command> to reread the
changed <filename>inetd.conf</filename> file.</para>

<para>If <command>xinetd</command> is used, the following command will 
add the swat entry to <filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename>: </para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/xinetd.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
service swat
{
    port            = 901
    socket_type     = stream
    wait            = no
    only_from       = 127.0.0.1
    user            = root
    server          = /usr/sbin/swat
    log_on_failure  += USERID
}
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP xinetd</command> to reread the
changed <filename>xinetd.conf</filename> file.</para>

<para><acronym>SWAT</acronym> can be launched by pointing your web
browser to <ulink url="http://localhost:901"/>.</para>

<para>For your convenience, boot scripts have been provided for
<application>Samba</application>.  There are two included in the
<xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.  The first,
<filename>samba</filename>, will start the <command>smbd</command> and
<command>nmbd</command> daemons needed to provide
<acronym>SMB</acronym>/<acronym>CIFS</acronym> services.  The second
script, <filename>winbind</filename>, starts the <command>winbindd</command> 
daemon, used for providing Windows domain services to Linux clients.</para>

<para>Install the <filename>samba</filename> script with the following 
command:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make install-samba</command></userinput></screen>

<para>If you also need the <filename>winbind</filename> script:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make install-winbind</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Samba</application> package contains
<command>make_smbcodepage</command>,
<command>make_unicodemap</command>,
<command>mount.smbfs</command>,
<command>net</command>,
<command>nmbd</command>,
<command>nmblookup</command>,
<command>rpcclient</command>,
<command>smbcacls</command>,
<command>smbclient</command>,
<command>smbcontrol</command>,
<command>smbd</command>,
<command>smbpasswd</command>,
<command>smbspool</command>,
<command>smbstatus</command>,
<command>swat</command>,
<command>testparm</command>,
<command>testprns</command>,
<command>wbinfo</command> and
<command>winbindd.</command></para></sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>make_smbcodepage</title>
<para><command>make_smbcodepage</command> converts text descriptions of code 
pages to binary code page files and vice versa.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>make_unicodemap</title>
<para><command>make_unicodemap</command> converts text Unicode map files to 
binary, for use in mapping characters to 16 bit Unicode.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>mount.smbfs</title>
<para><command>mount.smbfs</command> provides <command>/bin/mount</command> 
with a way to mount remote Windows (or Samba) fileshares.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>net</title>
<para><command>net</command> is a tool for administration of Samba and remote
CIFS servers, similar to the net utility for DOS/Windows.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>nmbd</title>
<para><command>nmbd</command> is the Samba Net<acronym>BIOS</acronym> name 
server.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>nmblookup</title>
<para><command>nmblookup</command> is used to query
Net<acronym>BIOS</acronym> names and map them to <acronym>IP</acronym>
addresses.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>rpcclient</title>
<para><command>rpcclient</command> is used to execute
MS-<acronym>RPC</acronym> client side functions.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>smbcacls</title>
<para><command>smbcacls</command> is used to manipulate NT access control
lists.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>smbclient</title>
<para><command>smbclient</command> is a <acronym>SMB</acronym>/<acronym>CIFS
</acronym> access utility, similar to <acronym>FTP</acronym>.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>smbcontrol</title>
<para><command>smbcontrol</command> is used to control running <command>smbd</command>,
<command>nmbd</command> and <command>winbindd</command>
daemons.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>smbd</title>
<para><command>smbd</command> is the main
<application>Samba</application> daemon.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>smbpasswd</title>
<para><command>smbpasswd</command> changes a user's <application>Samba
</application> password.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>smbspool</title>
<para><command>smbspool</command> sends a print job to an <acronym>SMB
</acronym> printer.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>smbstatus</title>
<para><command>smbstatus</command> reports current
<application>Samba</application> connections.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>swat</title>
<para><command>swat</command> is the Samba Web Administration Tool.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>testparm</title>
<para><command>testparm</command> checks an <filename>smb.conf</filename> file 
for proper syntax.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>testprns</title>
<para><command>testprns</command> tests printer names.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>wbinfo</title>
<para><command>wbinfo</command> queries a running <command>winbindd</command> 
daemon.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>winbindd</title>
<para><command>winbindd</command> resolves names from NT servers.</para></sect3>
</sect2>

</sect1>