Server

travis · Post by **travis** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:34 pm

I want to set up a server, just for storage. The only operating systems I have are Windows 2000 pro and I can always get a distro of linux. How would I just set up a computer with like 3 shared drives? So everyone on our home network can access it?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:51 pm

I'd install Debian and setup samba. Windows seems to crap out, aparantly, with drives that are too big, at least that's my experience... and by crap out, I mean really screw things up.

So I'd put linux, get 3 300GB drives or bigger, and a cheap CD-ROM drive should do. You don't need too much of a fast machine. An AMD 2000+ will do you just fine.

Partition 1 drive in two parts, like 40GB for OS and the rest data, then the other drives can have single partitions and distribute your files as you wish. Make sure to do backups though on multiple drives, you never know...

I'd have to write a tutorial on setting up a file server, actually.

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travis · Post by **travis** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:57 pm

Yeah, please. I have the 7 cds for debian and I wanted to get it running so bad but I could never get it up to the GUI it was always text. I wouldnt need 300 gig drives lol maybe like 2 300s.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:18 pm

Actually you won't need the GUI. That's the beauty of linux, really, even in text mode, network is supported, unlike DOS. My server at home has no GUI. In fact you rather not have a GUI since it takes a reasonable amount of resources, and if it's just sitting at the login screen, no point in having a GUI.

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travis · Post by **travis** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:45 am

Oh I see, see I was like trying to install packages like crazy to see if it would bring me to th GUI but it never would, probably because I am a complete linux n00b. So all I have to do is install the first CD and I am set? And then I just tell it the workgroup name?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:37 am

Yeah pretty much. All you need is samba. You might want to put apache php and mysql on there if you want to do web development, but if you're just sharing you can get away with just samba.

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travis · Post by **travis** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:00 am

So, after I get the first cd installed and it welcomes me to my new debian system all I have to do is chose samba as a package that I want to install in apt? And then I just run it from the command line after I login?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:23 am

Yep, that's basically it.

Oh, and you'll want to install apmd, which will make it so your system will shut itself off when you do a poweroff command, otherwise it just sits there waiting for you to hit the power button.

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travis · Post by **travis** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:31 pm

Once I get the extra machine I will definetely want to try out centOS. It has to have Samba on it. And even when I run samba will the drives show up on my windows box?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:19 pm

Yep, you basically setup shares, then type \server from windows and map them to drives.

Here's my samba config to give you an idea how it works.

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#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
   workgroup = galaxy
#domain logons = yes

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
   server string = BORG File Server
   netbios name = borg


# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
;   wins support = no

# 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

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
   dns proxy = no

# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
;   name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast


#### Debugging/Accounting ####

# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
#log level = 10
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
   max log size = 1000

# If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
# parameter to 'yes'.
;   syslog only = no

# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
   syslog = 0

# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d


####### Authentication #######

# "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/ServerType.html in the samba-doc
# package for details.
  security = user

map to guest = Bad Password 
  
  #=========================== DOMAIN LOGON STUFF ===============================

 # local master = yes
 # os level = 65
 # preferred master = yes
 # domain master = yes
 # logon script = %U_logon.bat
 # logon path = 


# You may wish to use password encryption.  See the section on
# 'encrypt passwords' in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling.
   encrypt passwords = true

# If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
# password database type you are using.  
  passdb backend = tdbsam guest
  #passdb backend = smbpasswd

  #smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

   obey pam restrictions = yes

;   guest account = nobody
   #invalid users = root

# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
;   unix password sync = no

# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Augustin Luton <aluton@hybrigenics.fr> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Potato).
   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   passwd chat = *EntersnewsUNIXspassword:* %n
 *RetypesnewsUNIXspassword:* %n
 .

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
;   pam password change = no


########## Printing ##########

# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
;   load printers = yes

# lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the
# printcap file
;   printing = bsd
;   printcap name = /etc/printcap

# CUPS printing.  See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
# cupsys-client package.
;   printing = cups
;   printcap name = cups

# When using [print$], root is implicitly a 'printer admin', but you can
# also give this right to other users to add drivers and set printer
# properties
;   printer admin = @ntadmin


######## File sharing ########

# Name mangling options
;   preserve case = yes
;   short preserve case = yes


############ Misc ############

# 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 = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/speed.html
# for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
#         SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY

# The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package
# installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are
# working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.
;   message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. If this
# machine will be configured as a BDC (a secondary logon server), you
# must set this to 'no'; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended.
;   domain master = auto

# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
;   idmap uid = 10000-20000
;   idmap gid = 10000-20000
;   template shell = /bin/bash

#======================= Share Definitions =======================
#[netlogon]
#path = /data/samba/netlogon/
#comment = The Domain logon service
#public = no
#guest ok = yes
#write list = ryan, administrator, root


[data2_rom]
path = /data2
browseable = yes
writeable = no
comment = Root of Data2 DRV
public = yes
create mode = 555
directory mode = 755
guest ok = no
valid users = ryan

[public]
path = /data/samba/public
comment = Public read only share
write list = ryan
public = yes
guest ok = yes

[shared]
path = /data/samba/shared
comment = main share
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = no
valid users=administrator,ryan


[customers]
path = /data/samba/shared/customers
comment = Customer Share
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = yes


[auclair]
path = /data/samba/shared/auclair
comment = Auclair
browseable = yes
writable = yes
valid users=administrator, auclair


[intranet]
path = /data/intranet
comment = Intranet files
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = no
valid users=administrator, ryan


[backup]
path = /data/samba/backup
comment = backup deposit directory
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = no
valid users=administrator,ryan

[backup_rom]
path = /data/samba/backup_rom
browseable = yes
writable = no
guest ok =no
valid users=administrator,ryan


[guest]
path = /data/samba/shared/guests
comment = Guest accessable share
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
[code] 

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travis · Post by **travis** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:21 pm

How would I setup shares?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:27 pm

This is a good example:

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[public]
path = /data/samba/public
comment = Public read only share
write list = ryan
public = yes
guest ok = yes
[code]

The part in [ ] is the name of it.
path is the path on the server itself that the share "points" to.
Comment is whatever apears in windows when you go to network places and click on the share.
Write List is a coma seperated list of users that have write access to the share (optional, as you can make everyone or no one have write access)
Public makes it so the share apears in the list.
Guest Ok makes it so guests can access it.

So in this case, this share can be written to by ryan, while everyone else can only read.  But you can put writable = yes to make it so anyone can write to it.  

The user ryan has to be a user on the server which matches with the user on the client.  So you would create a linux user and give it a password of abc and a windows user with the same username with the same password.  So when you log in to windows as that user, you have whatever accesses are available from the linux server.

This is why a domain is nice, as you dont need to worry about password syncronization.  but I've had bad luck with a domain on a home network so I would not recomend it unles you want to take chances of having to migrate back to a workgroup.

 

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travis · Post by **travis** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:08 pm

Thats what I am on now..... just to share a printer.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:08 pm

You can share printers with samba, never done it though.

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Cold Drink · Post by **Cold Drink** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:03 pm

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printcap name = /etc/printcap
printing = lprng

[printers]
path = /var/spool/samba
comment = Printers
printable = yes
use client driver = yes
valid users = @users[code] 

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travis · Post by **travis** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:38 pm

I just got my laptop on debian. I want to make a 25 gig partition, and have that be shared over my local network. How would I do this. I just did a netinstall and installed all the packages.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:02 pm

To share it you could use samba. To mount shares from other servers is more involved. It's with smbmount, I'd have to dig up the backup script I wrote to get the full command.

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