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Install Samba4 in
CentOS 7
1. First install Samba4 and
required packages from the
default CentOS repositories
using the yum package
manager tool as shown.

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There are two possible ways

to view the Windows
machine workgroup
settings:

Right clicking on “This

PC” or “My Computer”
→ Properties →
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settings → Computer
Name.

Check Windows WorkGroup

Alternatively, open the

cmd prompt and run the
following command,
then look for
“workstation domain” in
the output as shown
below.

>net config workstation

Verify Windows WorkGroup

Con guring
Samba4 on
CentOS 7
4. The main samba
con guration le is
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/etc/samba/smb.conf, the
original le comes with pre-
con guration settings which
explain various con guration
directives to guide you.

But, before con guring

samba, I suggest you to take
a backup of the default le
like this.

# cp /etc/samba/smb.con

Then, proceed to con gure

samba for anonymous and
secure le sharing services
as explained below.

Samba4
Anonymous File
Sharing
5. First create the shared
directory where the les will
be stored on the server and
set the appropriate
permissions on the
directory.

# mkdir -p /srv/samba/a
# chmod -R 0775 /srv/sa
# chown -R nobody:nobod

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Also, you need to change the
SELinux security context for
the samba shared directory
as follows.

# chcon -t samba_share_

Create Samba Shared Directory

6. Next, open the samba

con guration le for editing,
where you can modify/add
the sections below with the
corresponding directives.

# vi /etc/samba/smb.con

Samba Con guration Settings

[global]
workgroup = WOR
netbios name =
security = user
[Anonymous]
comment = Anony
path = /srv/sam
browsable =yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
force user = no

7. Now verify current samba

settings by running the
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command below.

# testparm

Verify Samba Current

Con guration Settings

Load smb config files f

rlimit_max: increasing
Processing section "[ho
Processing section "[pr
Processing section "[pr
Processing section "[An
Loaded services file OK
Server role: ROLE_STAND

Press enter to see a du

# Global parameters
[global]
netbios name =
printcap name =
security = USER
idmap config *
cups options =
[homes]
comment = Home
browseable = No
inherit acls =
read only = No
valid users = %
[printers]
comment = All P
path = /var/tmp
browseable = No
printable = Yes
create mask = 0
[print$]
comment = Print
path = /var/lib
create mask = 0
directory mask
write list = ro
[Anonymous]
comment = Anony
path = /srv/sam
force user = no
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read only = No

8. Finally, start and enable

samba services to start
automatically at next boot
and also apply the above
changes to take effect.

# systemctl enable smb.

# systemctl enable nmb.
# systemctl start smb.s
# systemctl start nmb.s

Testing Anonymous
Samba File Sharing
9. Now on the Windows
machine, open “Network”
from a Windows Explorer
window, then click on the
CentOS host, or else try to
access the server using its
IP address (use ifcon g
command to get IP
address).

e.g. \192.168.43.168.

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 Shared Network Hosts

10. Next, open the

Anonymous directory and
try to add les in there to
share with other users.

Samba Anonymous Share

Add Files to Samba Anonymous Share

Setup Samba4
Secure File
Sharing
11. First start by creating a
samba system group, then
add users to the group and
set a password for each
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 # groupadd smbgrp
# usermod tecmint -aG s
# smbpasswd -a tecmint

12. Then create a secure

directory where the shared
les will be kept and set the
appropriate permissions on
the directory with SELinux
security context for the
samba.

# mkdir -p /srv/samba/s
# chmod -R 0770 /srv/sa
# chown -R root:smbgrp
# chcon -t samba_share_

13. Next open the

con guration le for editing
and modify/add the section
below with the
corresponding directives.

# vi /etc/samba/smb.con

Samba Secure Con guration

Settings

[Secure]
comment = Secur
path = /srv/sa
valid users = @
guest ok = no
writable = yes
browsable = yes
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14. Again, verify the samba
con guration settings by
running the following
command.

$ testparm

Verify Secure Con guration

Settings

Load smb config files f

rlimit_max: increasing
Processing section "[ho
Processing section "[pr
Processing section "[pr
Processing section "[An
Loaded services file OK
Server role: ROLE_STAND

Press enter to see a du

# Global parameters
[global]
netbios name =
printcap name =
security = USER
idmap config *
cups options =
[homes]
comment = Home
browseable = No
inherit acls =
read only = No
valid users = %
[printers]
comment = All P
path = /var/tmp
browseable = No
printable = Yes
create mask = 0
[print$]
comment = Print
path = /var/lib
create mask = 0
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 write list = ro
[Anonymous]
comment = Anony
path = /srv/sam
force user = no
guest ok = Yes
read only = No
[Secure]
comment = Secur
path = /srv/sam
read only = No
valid users = @

15. Restart Samba services

to apply the changes.

# systemctl restart smb

# systemctl restart nmb

Testing Secure
Samba File Sharing
16. Go to Windows machine,
open “Network” from a
Windows Explorer window,
then click on the CentOS
host, or else try to access
the server using its IP
address.

e.g. \192.168.43.168.

You’ll be asked to provide

your username and
password to login the
CentOS server. Once you
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have entered the credentials,
click OK.

Samba Secure Login

17. Once you successfully

login, you will see all the
samba shared directories.
Now securely share some
les with other permitted
users on the network by
dropping them in Secure
directory.

Samba Secure Share Directory

You can also check out

these useful articles
concerning Samba le
sharing on a network.

How to
Mount/Unmount Local
and Network (Samba &
NFS) Filesystems in
Linux
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 Using ACLs (Access
Control Lists) and
Mounting Samba / NFS
Shares
How to Fix SambaCry
Vulnerability (CVE-
2017-7494) in Linux
Systems

In this guide, we showed you

how to setup Samba4 for
anonymous and secure le
sharing between CentOS
and other Linux systems as
well as Windows machines.
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Paul  December 17, 2018 at 6:35 pm

Aaron, maybe this is a clue. I noticed the
testparm produces different text than
the smb.conf le.

Here it is:
smb.conf-
[Anonymous]
comment = Anonymous File Server Share
path = /srv/samba/anonymous
browsable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
force user = nobody
account = nobody

testparm-
[Anonymous]
comment = Anonymous File Server Share
force user = nobody
guest ok = Yes
path = /srv/samba/anonymous
read only = No
Reply

Paul  December 14, 2018 at 8:46 pm

Thank you for the article. My problem is:
a dialog pops up “Windows Security”,
“Enter your password to connect to:
CENTOS” I have found the cryptic
network password under Control
Panel\Network and
Internet\HomeGroup\View and print
your home group password.
Reply

Man  December 12, 2018 at 6:57 pm

sorry admin
I still cannot gure out the sharing
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even I had follow your and RHCE Exam Preparation Guide
step. it still asking me username and
password.
Reply

Aaron Kili
 December 16, 2018 at 4:08 pm
@MN
Access without password is
only con gured for anonymous
access. Refer to the guide for
more information.
Reply

Paul
 December 17, 2018 at
4:58 pm
Yes. I am clear on the
limitation to the
anonymous folder. I
cannot see the
anonymous folder. The
password dialogue
appears and stops any
further progress.
Thanks for your help! I
appreciate your efforts.
Reply

Bob
 December 30,
2018 at 7:24 am
Same problem
here, the
solution is to
put:
map to guest =
Bad User
in the section
under
[Anonymous ]
Reply

Aaron
Kili
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 2, 2019
at 12:54
pm
@Bob

Many
thanks
for
sharing
this, we
truly
apprecia
your
contribu

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