LinuxCBT Samba Edition focuses on the Samba suite of clients and servers and Windows integration.
Samba is the de-facto UNIX/Linux-based software for seamlessly integrating UNIX/Linux environments with MS Windows networks via Samba's implementation of the SMB protocol suite. Samba allows your UNIX/Linux system to emulate a Windows workstation/server in the network neighborhood/my network places browse list. Consequently, your UNIX/Linux-based system appears to be a Windows-based system featuring file & print shares. Additionally, Samba adds many features not included with stock MS Windows systems.
Let LinuxCBT Samba Edition help to solidify your understanding of Samba and ancillary components.
Recommended Prerequisites:
- Familiarity with MS Windows networking (File & Print shares)
- Access to a GNU/Linux-based PC to install Samba and ancillary components used
- Access to a MS Windows-based system connected to the same network
LinuxCBT Samba Edition - Disc 1
- Introduction to Samba & Clients
- Explore Samba server configuration
- Identify key Samba packages & contents
- Explore the SMB workgroup implementation
- Discuss the roles of Local Master Browsers (LMBs) & Domain Master Browsers (DMBs)
- Use findsmb & smbclient to reveal the active browse lists
- Discuss NETBIOS naming rules
- Identify system broadcast address & discuss broadcast-based NETBIOS name resolution
- Identify & discuss the roles of the key Samba daemons
- Use smbtree to enumerate the active workgroups, hosts & file & print shares
- Install rdesktop client for remote desktop connectivity to Windows 2003 Server
- Explore browse list & SMB clients from Windows 2003
- Share file resource on Windows 2003 Server for use by Samba clients
- Join common workgroup from Windows 2003 host
- Use smbclient to enumerate & connect to shared resources on XP/2003 hosts
- Explore anonymous and authenticated share enumeration using smbclient
- Transfer files between Samba and Windows 2003 hosts using smbclient
- Use smbget to download files non-interactively from remote SMB server
- Use smbclient with credentials stored in a hidden file
- Create tarball archive using tar & discuss Samba's smbtar utility
- Create tar-compatible archives of remote SMB-share using smbtar
- Samba File System (SMBFS) Integration
- Discuss the features & benefits of SMBFS
- Identify package & files
- Create temporary mount point for remote SMB share
- Mount remote SMB share into local Linux file system using SMBFS
- Examine resultant Linux file-system permissions post SMBFS mount
- Transfer files to mount point (Remote Windows 2003 system) & examine results
- Identify SMBFS process footprint
- Mount remote SMB share with previously-defined hidden credentials file
- Modify system startup file to facillitate automatic SMBFS mounts upon system restart
- Workgroup & Windows Internet Naming System (WINS) Integration
- Identify key Samba configuration file & package membership
- Use findsmb to reveal available workgroups
- Alter Samba configuration file to join available workgroup
- Identify key TCP/UDP ports used by key Samba daemons
- Use findsmb & browse list to confirm workgroup membership
- Enumerate default Samba shares on primary Linux system using smbclient
- Introduction to smbpasswd utility and database
- Use smbpasswd to add Windows user to database & confirm authentication from Windows host
- Install WINS Server on Windows 2003 Server for use by SMB-clients
- Explain default Samba NETBIOS name resolution order
- Identify name resolution order directive in primary Samba configuration file
- Configure Samba server to be a WINS client via Samba configuration file
- Confirm WINS NETBIOS registrations of Samba & Windows hosts
- Samba Share-Level File & Print Security Implementation
- Discuss Samba's security modes
- Discuss the features & benefits of share-level security
- Alter primary Samba configuration file to support share-level security
- Define and publish a public read-only share
- Reload key Samba daemons & confirm connectivity to read-only share
- Enumerate & connect to public read-only share from a remote Samba client
- Define & publish an anonymous read-write share
- Use chmod & chown to define appropriate permissions and ownership on the directory
- Confirm the ability to write to read-write share from remote Windows 2003 system
- Examine applied permissions & ownership of created objects on the Linux file system
- Define & publish a private read-write share
- Confirm authentication to private read-write share from remote Windows 2003 host
- Update Samba back-end database to reflect new user - test connectivity
- Compare & contrast Windows & Samba hidden share definition
- Define hidden share & explore browse list from Samba & Windows hosts
- Convert existing shares to hidden shares and examine updated browse list
- Discuss default Samba print sharing implementation
- Explore Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) interface
- Install and configure a printer
- Discuss various CUPS back-end capabilities
- Discuss the CUPS-generated printcap file
- Explore key Samba print-related configuration directives
- Share the printer using Samba
- Connect to printer from Windows host and test printing
- Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT)
- Discuss the features & benefits of Samba SWAT
- Explore XINETD system configuration for the presence of Samba SWAT
- Install Samba SWAT from the local package repository
- Update XINETD configuration to enable Samba SWAT & confirm TCP listener
- Authenticate to Samba SWAT as non-privileged and privileged users
- Examine current smbd & nmbd connections
- Explore & discuss the key tools included with Samba
- Correlate Samba's primary configuration file to Samba SWAT's web interface
- Discuss the key directives in the global section of the Samba SWAT web interface
- Discuss additional directives in the advanced view of the Samba SWAT global area
- Adjust the OS Level and examine the changes to the role in the browse list
- Discuss Samba WINS server rules & limitations
- Explore shares configuration
- Correlate shares section of main config file to Samba SWAT's shares interface
- Discuss the effects of various share directives
- Discuss the variable homes share and its applications
- Explain Samba's create mask directive & examine its application
- Examine the advanced Samba SWAT shares view & discuss key directives
- Define valid & invalid users per share & test connectivity from remote Windows host
- Force ownership of file & directory objects using the force user directive
- Explore & discuss advanced printer share directives
- Define multiple NETBIOS names and view results in the browse list
- Samba User-Level Security Mode
- Explain the advantages and features of user-level security
- Discuss the user-accounts back-ends supported by Samba
- Convert Samba from share-level to user-level security mode
- Test user-level connectivity to Samba shares/services
- Discuss IPC$ connections and applications
- Explore passwd & shadow user-accounts databases
- Explore the smbpasswd database
- Samba - Active Directory (AD) - BIND Integration
- Discuss the DNS requirements of Active Directory
- Install BIND from RPM repository
- Configure BIND as a caching-only name server
- Define usable BIND named.conf configuration file with appropriate zones
- Define required Active Directory dynamically updateable zones
- Install Active Directory on Windows server
- Confirm BIND DNS connectivity
- Configure Kerberos to support Active Directory Realm & test connectivity
- Convert Samba from basic user-level to ADS security mode
- Use the net command to create Samba machine account in the Active Directory
- Confirm authentication against Active Directory when accessing resources
- Create AD -> Linux corresponding users for transparent access
- Samba - Winbindd
- Discuss the features & advantages of Winbind
- Discuss the accounts resolutions process
- Alter the name server switch process to facilitate winbind
- Discuss UNIX/Linux uids & gids
- Explain the application of idmaps - uids & gids
- Configure Samba to use Winbind
- Enumerate remote Active Directory users using wbinfo & getent
- Examine auto-assigned uids & gids via idmap
- Connect to Samba server using Active Directory users & Winbind
- Configure SSHD to support Winbind-provided users from Active Directory
- Configure Winbind to use the default Active Directory domain for authentication
- Configure VSFTPD to use the default Active Directory domain for authentication
- Samba - Linux File System & Share/Service Permissions
- Explain how Samba interacts with file-system permissions
- Explain UNIX/Linux file-system permissions - UGO
- Use chown/chmod to adjust file-system permissions
- Discuss the applicable Samba share/service permissions directives
- Apply various share/service permissions & test results
- Samba - Miscellaneous
- Create share/service with appropriate permissions for collaborations
- Examine collaborative permission from Windows client
- Configure Samba as a WINS server & discuss capabilities
- Configure Samba a print server for SMB(Windows/Linux/UNIX) clients
- Explore Samba logging
- Mount remote CIFS shares into the Linux file system
- Share mounted CIFS directories using Samba
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