NFS and Samba are both used commonly as file-sharing solutions between Linux servers. In this lab, you’ll learn to configure a Samba server and a file share. You’ll then create a Samba user. Next, you’ll configure a Samba client and mount the file system from the server to the client.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Install Samba, Add a User, Create a Directory, Check selinux Status, and Set File System Context
- Install the Samba package.
- Start the Samba service.
- Enable the Samba Service.
- Add the
smbuser1user to the system. - Set the password for user
smbuser1. - Create a directory named
/smbuser1. - Change the permissions to read, write, execute on
/smbuser1. - Check the status of
selinux. - If running, set the context of
/smbuser1tosamba_share_t.
- Edit the Samba Configuration and Add a Share, Test the Configuration, and Restart the Samba Service
- Configure a Samba share named
/smbuser1with read and write access for usersmbuser1. - Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
- Restart the Samba service.
- Get the Samba server system IP address.
- Configure a Samba share named
- On the Client Server, Install the CIFS package, Configure a Persistent Mount, and Test the File System
- Install the CIFS utilities package.
- Create the mount point,
/mnt/smbuser1. - Grant read, write, and execute permissions on
/smbuser1. - Configure
/mnt/smbuser1to mount persistently onServer2. - Configure a credentials file for mount authentication.
- Mount the file system.
- Verify the file system is mounted and has read and write access.
- Mount -a
