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> <channel><title>Frequently Asked Questions About Linux / UNIX &#187; Samba (SMB/CIFS)</title> <atom:link href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/category/samba/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq</link> <description>Every answer asks a more beautiful question.</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Samba: Linux Iptables Firewall Configuration</title><link>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configure-iptables-to-allow-deny-access-to-samba/</link> <comments>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configure-iptables-to-allow-deny-access-to-samba/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:48:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vivek Gite</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[CentOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Debian / Ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fedora linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iptables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Monitoring]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RedHat and Friends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samba (SMB/CIFS)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[/etc/init.d/iptables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[/etc/sysconfig/iptables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fedora]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firewall configuration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iptables firewall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux host]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux iptables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux Open port 137]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux Open port 138]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux Open port 139]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux Open port 445]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Open port  445]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Open port 137]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Open port 138]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Open port 139]]></category> <category><![CDATA[port 137]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[service command]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysconfig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tcp ports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows machine]]></category> <guid
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class="drop_cap">H</span>ow do I configure iptables firewall under CentOS / Fedora / RHEL / Redhat Linux to allow access to the Samba server? How do I open TCP ports # 137, 138, 139 and 445 under Linux so that all Microsoft Windows machine can access files and printer on a Linux host?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configure-iptables-to-allow-deny-access-to-samba/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Samba Restrict File Sharing To Particular Users or Network Addresses</title><link>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/samba-user-network-file-sharing-restictions/</link> <comments>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/samba-user-network-file-sharing-restictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:35:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vivek Gite</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[AIX]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CentOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FreeBSD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RedHat and Friends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samba (SMB/CIFS)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solaris-Unix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[storage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UNIX]]></category> <category><![CDATA[/etc/samba/smb.conf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[192 168 2 1]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux user]]></category> <category><![CDATA[network addresses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Restrict File Sharing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba configuration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[server samba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smb]]></category> <category><![CDATA[subnet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tcp wrappers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[user accounts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[valid users]]></category> <guid
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class="drop_cap">A</span>ll my local Linux user accounts will be able to log in to my Samba server and access share. How do I restrict access to particular users or network subnet such as 192.168.2.1/24?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/samba-user-network-file-sharing-restictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Samba: Allow Domain Controllers Create Machine Trust Accounts On-the-Fly</title><link>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/samba-allow-domain-controllers-create-machine-trust-accounts-on-the-fly/</link> <comments>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/samba-allow-domain-controllers-create-machine-trust-accounts-on-the-fly/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:06:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vivek Gite</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[CentOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[File system]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RedHat and Friends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samba (SMB/CIFS)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Troubleshooting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[/etc/samba/smb.conf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[centos linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[domain controllers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[groupadd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[machines group]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PDC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[restart samba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smb]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trust accounts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[useradd]]></category> <guid
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class="drop_cap">H</span>ow do I allow domain controllers to create machine trust accounts on-the-fly under RHEL CentOS Linux version 5.x?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/samba-allow-domain-controllers-create-machine-trust-accounts-on-the-fly/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Samba Restrict IPC$ ( list of shared resources )</title><link>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/samba-restrict-access-to-ipc-share/</link> <comments>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/samba-restrict-access-to-ipc-share/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:07:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vivek Gite</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[CentOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Debian / Ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RedHat and Friends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samba (SMB/CIFS)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ubuntu Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[/etc/samba/smb.conf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[/etc/sysconfig/iptables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fedora linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hosts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iptables script]]></category> <category><![CDATA[restart iptables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[restart samba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba IPC$]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[subnet]]></category> <guid
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class="drop_cap">T</span>he IPC$ share allows users to anonymously fetch a list of shared resources from a server. It can be used as a point of attack into a system. How do I disable or limit IPC$ under Samba to certain subnet such as 10.0.0.0/8?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/samba-restrict-access-to-ipc-share/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UNIX Samba: Make A Share Writable</title><link>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-samba-make-a-share-writable/</link> <comments>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-samba-make-a-share-writable/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:06:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vivek Gite</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samba (SMB/CIFS)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UNIX]]></category> <category><![CDATA[/etc/init.d/samba restart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[/etc/samba/smb.conf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AIX Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BSD Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DragonFly BSD Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FreeBSD Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GNU Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[home directories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[home share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HP-UX Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IRIX Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mac OS X Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NetBSD Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[OpenBSD Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[restart samba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samba read only = no]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samba writable = yes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smb]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solaris Samba Writable Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tru64 Samba Writable Shar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[valid users]]></category> <guid
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class="drop_cap">H</span>ow do I make a Samba  share writable under UNIX / Linux operating systems, especially all home directories for respective users?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-samba-make-a-share-writable/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Solaris / OpenSolaris Mount Windows Shared (CIFS)</title><link>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/solaris-opensolaris-mount-windows-shared-cifs/</link> <comments>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/solaris-opensolaris-mount-windows-shared-cifs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:24:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vivek Gite</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samba (SMB/CIFS)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solaris-Unix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[storage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cifs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cp sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fileserver]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mount command]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opensolaris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opensolaris cifs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba client]]></category> <category><![CDATA[share type]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smbfs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solaris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solaris cifs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[svcadm  command]]></category> <category><![CDATA[svcadm enable network/smb/client]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UNIX]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unix operating systems]]></category> <guid
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class="drop_cap">H</span>ow do I mount a CIFS Windows share under Solaris / OpenSolaris UNIX operating systems?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/solaris-opensolaris-mount-windows-shared-cifs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to backup the remote files in Linux / UNIX</title><link>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/backup-remote-files-with-rsync/</link> <comments>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/backup-remote-files-with-rsync/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:28:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vivek Gite</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[BASH Shell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CentOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Debian / Ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[File system]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FreeBSD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RedHat and Friends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samba (SMB/CIFS)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solaris-Unix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ubuntu Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UNIX]]></category> <category><![CDATA[authentication]]></category> <category><![CDATA[backup files]]></category> <category><![CDATA[backups]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crontab command]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dsa public key]]></category> <category><![CDATA[files backup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remote server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rsa key]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rsync]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rsync command]]></category> <category><![CDATA[setup ssh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shell script]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ssh key]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vi command]]></category> <guid
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