Saturday 7 July 2012

Using Samba As File Server in Linux with guest(Anonymous) login and read-write access


1. Create a folder for share purpose
    mkdir sharedrive

2.Give full access to that folder
   chmod 777 sharedrive

3.Edit smb conf file
 vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
   workgroup = WORKGROUP
                                                                               
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description
   server string = Samba Server
                                                                            
map to guest = bad user
                                                                              
encrypt passwords = yes
lanman auth = Yes
                                                                               
[Guest Share]
       comment = Guest access share
       path = /sharedrive
       guest ok = yes
       writeable = yes
       create mask = 777

4.Test smb.conf file
 testparm

5.Restart the service
service smb restart

6.chkconfig smb on

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