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Discovery

Homeserver 4 - Install and setup a SAMBA server

On a Linux Client computer, in a Terminal window, SSH into the headless enosServer.
$ ssh pshare@enosServer
$ su
# pacman -Syu samba

A smb.conf file is not supplied as part of the samba package.
EndeavourOS includes a /etc/samba/smb.conf file during the script installation.

Terminal window
ls -l /etc/samba
-rw-r- - r- - 1 root root 8105 Mar 27 03:55 smb.conf

look for a smb.conf file. Check the permissions and ownership compared to above.
If so, all our necessary config files are in place.
# vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
Find the following lines

#=================== Global Settings======================
[global]


# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: MIDEARTH
   workgroup = WORKGROUP

Change
workgroup = WORKGROUP
to
workgroup = YOURWORKGROUPNAME

Still in “Global Settings” find the following line
hosts allow = 127. 192.168.0.
if necessary, adjust 192.168.0. to the first three triads of your router’s address.

Find the following lines at the very end of the the file

[ENOSshare]
comment = Samba Share
path = /server
valid users = pshare
public = no
writeable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765

If desired, change the share name [ENOSshare] to something else.
The share name ENOSshare is case sensitive.
Change valid users = pshare to your username if you chose to change it.
Possibly change the path name of the server’s data partition in the path = section.
Don’t change anything else except the lines mentioned above.
Close the editor. After editing, test the changes that were made.
# testparm
Should not be any errors. If errors occur check the smb.conf file for typos or other mistakes.

Set a samba password to access this share from a Windows machine.
# smbpasswd -a pshare
New SMB password: EnterAPassword
Retype new SMB password: Re-enter the same password
password can be whatever you want and does not need to be an existing password.

It is assumed firewalld was installed on the headless server.
Next we set up the Server’s firewall for samba.

Terminal window
firewall-cmd --reload
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=samba
firewall-cmd --reload
systemctl restart firewalld.service
systemctl enable --now smb.service
systemctl enable --now nmb.service

The headless server is now ready to serve a Windows client.
Restart the enosServer computer.
#systemctl reboot