title: Linux Samba Basics
tags: #linux #samba #smb #smbd

## Mounting

```bash
mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //MACHINE/SHARE /mnt/TARGET
```
or
```bash
mount -t cifs -o user=USERNAME,pass=PASSWORD //MACHINE/SHARE /mnt/TARGET
```

## Samba share
In smb.conf:
```bash
[disk1]
    path = /path/to/disk
    available = yes
    read only = no
    browsable = yes
    public = yes
    writable = no
    guest ok = yes
    create mask = 0644
    directory mask = 0755
```

## Allowing users
```bash
smbpasswd -a benjamin
```
If you don't do this, and you have ```log level = 3``` in your smb.conf, you'll see the following error (and from the client you will get permission denied):
```bash
string_to_sid: SID benjamin is not in a valid format
```

## Network visibility
To make your samba-enabled Linux box visible in the Network browser in Windows, we need a little helper. You get it from https://github.com/Netgear/wsdd2
```bash
git clone https://github.com/Netgear/wsdd2
cd wsdd2
make
sudo make install
sudo systemctl enable wsdd2
sudo systemctl start wsdd2
```
### Fedora
On Fedora, samba is managed by the `smb.service` and not `smbd.service`.
But wsdd2 as downloaded from github wants `smbd.service`. To fix this, edit `wsdd2.service`
and change the `BindsTo` line:
```
[Unit]
Description=WSD/LLMNR Discovery/Name Service Daemon
# BindsTo=smbd.service
# on Fedora it is smb.service
BindsTo=smb.service
```
And (re-)run `sudo make install`

## smbnetfs
```
sudo apt-get install smbnetfs
```
put auth stuff in `~/.ssh/smbnetfs.conf` such as
```
auth machine/share username password.
```
Then
```
mkdir ~/smb # for example
smbnetfs ~/smb # to mount
cd ~/smb/machine/share
ls
```