RH 253: TO CONFIGURE SAMBA SERVER

     TO CONFIGURE SAMBA SERVER

1. mkdir /samba
2. chmod a+w /samba
3. yum install samba -y
4. vim /etc/samba/smb.conf  
    [public]
        comment = Only users
        path = /samba
        public = yes
        browseable=yes
        writable = yes
        printable = no
        write list = +staff
5. service smb restart

OPTIONS THAT CAN B GIVEN IN FILE

1.If browseable=yes ->we CAN see the shared dir
  If browseable=no -> we CANNOT see the shared dir

2.If public=yes    ->Allows anonymous Login
  If public=no     ->Stops  anonymous Login

3. writable = no     ->uploading is denied  for BOTH the users.
   writable = yes    ->uploading is allowed for BOTH the users

4a. writable =no +   ->Allows only u1 to upload files, but
 b. write list =u1   both writable=no and writelist=u1 shuld b enabled

5. hosts allow=127. 192.168.0.20 ->Allow only 192.168.0.20 ip to
                                   access share, other ips are denied



    CLIENT COMMANDS 

1.smbclient -L //192.168.0.48/share  ->List directories shared


2. smbclient //192.168.0.48/share   ->Anonymous Login
   get <file>
   put <file>    

3a. To generat passwd to allow for non-anonymous login
      1. smbpasswd -a u1
      2. service smb restart
   
3b. smbclient //192.168.0.48/share -U u1  ->Non Anonymous Login
    get <file>
    put <file>    




 TO INSTALL VMWARE ON LINUX

1.mount 192.168.0.154:/dumps /media
2.cd /media/VMWARE
3.rpm -ivh VMware-server-1.0.1-29996.i386.rpm
4.yum install gcc kernel-devel xinetd -y
5.vmware-config.pl
6.cat vmware-server.key

TO EXTRACT WINDOWS IMAGE

1.scp nanju@192.168.0.154:/home/nanju/suma/raj.tar.bz2 .
2.tar jxvf raj.tar.bz2 -C /var/lib/vmware





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