SAMBA
Student 1: Nayef Al-Nemer
Student 2: Tarek Hamze
Instructor: Dr. Mohamad Al-Fadel Rihani
Introduction
Samba project provides file sharing and print services for computers on a network.
It uses SMB protocol (Server Message Block).
The services created by running Samba are available to Linux, macOS and Windows clients
“Samba is a useful networking tool for any user who has both windows and Unix systems, thus it
allows Windows to share files printers on the Unix host, as it allows Unix hosts to access resources
shared by windows system.”
Samba is comprised of three daemons (smbd, nmbd, and winbindd). Two services (smb and
windbind) control how the daemons are started, stopped, and other service-related features. Each
daemon is listed in detail, as well as which specific service has control over it.
1. smbd: The smbd server daemon provides file sharing and printing services to Windows
clients. In addition, it is responsible for user authentication, resource locking, and data
sharing through the SMB protocol.
2. nmbd: The nmbd server daemon understands and replies to NetBIOS name service
requests such as those produced by SMB/CIFS in Windows-based systems.
3. winbindd: The winbindd service resolves user and group information on a server running
Windows NT 2000 or Windows Server 2003. This makes Windows user / group information
understandable by UNIX platforms.
Note: smbd and nmbd daemon is controlled by the smb service.
Implementation
 ON LINUX HOST
1. Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
2. After updating apt database, we can install samba using apt-get by running the following
command:
sudo apt-get -y install samba
3. after installing samba run service
sudo systemctl start smbd
4. Create user and password
sudo smbpasswd -a abbasnemer //set password for samba service
5. Create a \shared folder on home directory
cd /home/user/
mkdir shared
6. change the permission to the user to read, write and execute on this folder
chmod 777 shared
7. Change the configuration file of samba to set a share folder (shared) by typing:
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
8. Add these few lines at the bottom of “smb.conf” file to add shared network folder between
two hosts on same network
[guest]
path = /home/abbasnemer/shared //set the path for created shared folder on Linux host
read only = no //read and write shared folder
guest ok = yes // use as guest
guest only = yes
9. Finally restart samba service
sudo systemctl restart smbd nmbd
 ON WINDOW HOST
1. Open file manager, connect through shared folder by add \\<ip_addr for Linux host>\
\\192.168.0.190\ //Example
2. Open guest folder to add files want to share with Linux host and or add files from Linux to
windows host by adding files to the created shared folder on Linux host.
a. On Windows
b. On Linux
Conclusion
This project aims to facilitate sharing files within two hosts (Linux and windows)
thus, preventing wasting time on copying files from host to another with pen drive.