;; This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the ;; smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed ;; here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too ;; many!) most of which are not shown in this example ;; Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) is a comment and ;; is ignored ;; Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm" ;; to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors. ;;======================= Global Settings ===================================== [global] ;; workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: REDHAT4 workgroup = MYGROUP ;; server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = Samba Server ;; This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict ;; connections to machines which are on your local network. The ;; following example restricts access to two C class networks and ;; the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see ;; the smb.conf man page ; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. ;; if you want to automatically load your printer list rather ;; than setting them up individually then you'll need this printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes ;; Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd ;; otherwise the user "nobody" is used ; guest account = pcguest ;; this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine ;; that connects log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m ;; Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 50 ;; Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See ;; security_level.txt for details. security = user ;; Use password server option only with security = server ; password server = ;; Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration ;; on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name ;; of the machine that is connecting ; include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m ;; Most people will find that this option gives better performance. ;; See speed.txt and the manual pages for details socket options = TCP_NODELAY ;; Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces ;; If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them ;; here. See the man page for details. ; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 ;; Browser Control Options: ;; set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master ;; browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply ; local master = no ;; OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser ;; elections. The default value should be reasonable ; os level = 33 ;; Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This ;; allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this ;; if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job ; domain master = yes ;; Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup ;; and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election ; preferred master = yes ;; Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been ;; configured at install time to be a primary domain controller. ; domain controller = ;; Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for ;; Windows95 workstations. ; domain logons = yes ;; if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or ;; per user logon script ;; run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine) ; logon script = %m.bat ;; run a specific logon batch file per username ; logon script = %u.bat ;; Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT) ;; %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username ;; You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below ; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U ;; Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: ;; WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server ; wins support = yes ;; WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client ;; Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both ; wins server = w.x.y.z ;; WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on ;; behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be ;; at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO. ; wins proxy = yes ;;============================ Share Definitions ============================== [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes ;; Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons ; [netlogon] ; comment = Network Logon Service ; path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon ; guest ok = yes ; writable = no ;; Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share ;; the default is to use the user's home directory ;[Profiles] ; path = /usr/local/samba/profiles ; browseable = no ; guest ok = yes ;; NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to ;; specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /usr/spool/samba browseable = no ;; Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print guest ok = no writable = no printable = yes ;; This one is useful for people to share files ;[tmp] ; comment = Temporary file space ; path = /tmp ; read only = no ; public = yes ;; A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in ;; the staff group ;[public] ; comment = Public Stuff ; path = /home/samba ; public = yes ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; write list = @users ;; Other examples. ;; ;; A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's ;; home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory, ;; wherever it is. ;[fredsprn] ; comment = Fred's Printer ; valid users = fred ; path = /homes/fred ; printer = freds_printer ; public = no ; writable = no ; printable = yes ; ;; A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write ;; access to the directory. ;[fredsdir] ; comment = Fred's Service ; path = /usr/somewhere/private ; valid users = fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; ;; a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects ;; this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could ;; also use the %u option to tailor it by user name. ;; The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting. ;[pchome] ; comment = PC Directories ; path = /usr/pc/%m ; public = no ; writable = yes ; ; ;; A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files ;; created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so ;; any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this ;; directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course ;; be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead. ;[public] ; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public ; public = yes ; only guest = yes ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; ; ;; The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two ;; users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this ;; setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the ;; sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to ;; as many users as required. ;[myshare] ; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff ; path = /usr/somewhere/shared ; valid users = mary fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; create mask = 0765