Samba notes

Assumptions

• Trying to access filesystem on Ubuntu Hardy Linux server from Windows Vista PC over the internet. Want to have read and write access.
• Ubuntu Linux server IP address is: 99.99.99.99
• Windows PC IP address is: 44.44.44.44
• Username is "johnny"

On Ubuntu Hardy host

• Install Samba

  apt-get install samba

• Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf

  In the [globals] section:

     hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 44.44.44.44
     hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0

  Reference

  Create a new share:

  [myshare]
     comment = this is my share
     path = /var/www
     read only = no
     guest ok = no
     delete readonly = yes
     create mask = 0644
     force create mode = 0600
     security mask = 0555
     force security mode = 0600

  Reference

• Create a user

  adduser johnny
  smbpasswd -a johnny

  Enter a password.

• Open ports in EC2 Security Group using ElasticFox

  Port 135/TCP - used by smbd
  Port 137/UDP - used by nmbd
  Port 138/UDP - used by nmbd
  Port 139/TCP - used by smbd
  Port 445/TCP - used by smbd

  Reference

On Windows host

• In Windows Explorer, enter \\99.99.99.99\myshare into the location bar.
• Enter the "johnny" for the username and the password for the password.