How to install and configure Samba Share in Rocky Linux 8.6

To Install And Configure Samba Share In Rocky Linux 8.6

Introduction

Samba is an important component to seamlessly integrating Linux/Unix servers and desktops into active directory environments. It can perform both as a domain controller and as a regular domain member.

Installation Procedure:

Step 1: Check the OS version by using the below command

root@linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="8.6 (Green Obsidian)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.6"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 8.6 (Green Obsidian)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"

Step 2: Install the Samba Server by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum -y install samba*
Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream                                         3.0 MB/s | 8.8 MB     00:02    
Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS                                            1.1 MB/s | 3.6 MB     00:03    
Rocky Linux 8 - Extras                                            7.4 kB/s |  11 kB     00:01    
Package samba-client-libs-4.15.5-5.el8.x86_64 is already installed.
Package samba-common-4.15.5-5.el8.noarch is already installed.
Package samba-common-libs-4.15.5-5.el8.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.


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 Package                            Architecture   Version                Repository         Size
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Installing:
 samba                              x86_64         4.15.5-8.el8_6         baseos            867 k
 samba-client                       x86_64         4.15.5-8.el8_6         baseos            714 k
 samba-common-tools                 x86_64         4.15.5-8.el8_6         baseos            521 k
 samba-krb5-printing                x86_64         4.15.5-8.el8_6         baseos            101 k
 samba-libs                         x86_64         4.15.5-8.el8_6         baseos            174 k
 samba-pidl                         noarch         4.15.5-8.el8_6         baseos            199 k

Step3: Enable the samba service by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl enable smb
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/smb.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service.

Step4: Start the samba service by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl start smb

Step 5: Check the status of Samba service by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl status smb
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-07-01 04:30:42 EDT; 9s ago
     Docs: man:smbd(8)
           man:samba(7)
           man:smb.conf(5)
 Main PID: 40625 (smbd)
   Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
    Tasks: 4 (limit: 17274)
   Memory: 13.1M

Step 6: Add firewall by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --add-service=samba --permanent 
success

[root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --reload 
success

[root@linuxhelp ~]# setenforce 0

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
[samba]
       path = /share
       comment = samba
       browseable = yes
       writable = yes
       guest ok = yes
       read only = no

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mkdir /share

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chmod 777 /share/

[root@linuxhelp ~]# touch /share/test

[root@linuxhelp ~]# useradd sambauser

[root@linuxhelp ~]# smbpasswd -a sambauser
Retype new SMB password:
Added user sambauser.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart smb