Samba Server Configuration in Centos 6.2

coliver

@thecreativeone91 said:

Samba shares can't be viewed in the browser. It can be viewed in file viewers that support SMB shares.

WebDAV could be setup to do this... although that is far beyond the scope of this question.

scottalanmiller

@thecreativeone91 said:

Samba shares can't be viewed in the browser. It can be viewed in file viewers that support SMB shares.

WebDAV could be setup to do this... although that is far beyond the scope of this question.

But can WebDAV be set up in Samba? I don't believe so. Only in Apache. WebDAV shares aren't SMB shares.

scottalanmiller

Bottom line, Samba is an SMB server. SMB can't be viewed in a browser. The tool that you are using (Samba) does not match your goal (viewing shares in a browser.)

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

Bottom line, Samba is an SMB server. SMB can't be viewed in a browser. The tool that you are using (Samba) does not match your goal (viewing shares in a browser.)

That's why I asked if he meant an FTP server and what the context behind his post was.

scottalanmiller

@thanksajdotcom said:

That's why I asked if he meant an FTP server and what the context behind his post was.

WebDAV or FTP, yeah.

Ugh FTP. Not really a fan of it for the most part.

Lakshmana

My aim is to check whether the shared access for the RAID configured device works in another new motherboard.So,I need to use SAMBA(FTP) to view the files in the windows explorer.I have tried to create the SAMBA server in Centos machine but it was not able to access in Windows 7 Machine.

@Lakshmana said:

My aim is to check whether the shared access for the RAID configured device works in another new motherboard.So,I need to use SAMBA(FTP) to view the files in the windows explorer.I have tried to create the SAMBA server in Centos machine but it was not able to access in Windows 7 Machine.

Ah so you are wanting SMB shares. What steps have you taken so far to configure it? What did you do to try to access it?

scottalanmiller

@Lakshmana said:

So,I need to use SAMBA(FTP) to view the files in the windows explorer.

Okay this is very confusing. Samba and FTP are completely two different things. Completely.

Windows Explorer shows SMB (Samba) shares, and is not a browser.

Internet Explorer is a browser and will show FTP.

thanksajdotcom

I think he's thinking he has to view the shares in the browser.

thanksajdotcom

@thanksajdotcom said:

I think he's thinking he has to view the shares in the browser.

and he may be equating Explorer to INTERNET Explorer. Two totally different things.

thanksajdotcom

@Lakshmana, it sounds like you want a SAMBA server for SMB shares. You do not want FTP in this case. SAMBA isn't too bad but setting it up on CentOS isn't something I've done. The key things are setting up the shares themselves, and the permissions. However, why do you need to setup a SAMBA server to test if a motherboard is working? Isn't the fact something booted and the OS is loading evidence enough?

scottalanmiller

@thanksajdotcom said:

You do not want FTP in this case. SAMBA isn't too bad but setting it up on CentOS isn't something I've done.

It's the same anywhere, once you've installed which is just "yum install samba"

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

You do not want FTP in this case. SAMBA isn't too bad but setting it up on CentOS isn't something I've done.

It's the same anywhere, once you've installed which is just "yum install samba"

Ok. I've set it up but I had tutorials I was following. I don't remember all the steps off the top of my head. I know you have to setup shares in the smb.conf file and point to the directories, set permissions, etc. Also, creating groups and/or users is important too.

thanksajdotcom

This is an example of one of my shares in my /etc/samba/smb.conf file.

[goflex_landcare]
comment = GoFlex Landcare
path = /media/goflex_landcare
available = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
browsable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0755

thanksajdotcom

Now, I use the /media/goflex_landcare folder to mount my NAS into, but the principal is the same.

Lakshmana

@thanksajdotcom My client company projects are Centos with RAID1.Last week there was an issue found at RAID 1.So my senior needs to check the basic things are working properly.The motherboard of my client is not working so they are trying to buy the motherboard othr Asus.So we are under going at testing whether the data can be accessed after changing the hard disk in other motherboard

@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

You do not want FTP in this case. SAMBA isn't too bad but setting it up on CentOS isn't something I've done.

It's the same anywhere, once you've installed which is just "yum install samba"

You probably want to install samba-common too and possibly the client.

scottalanmiller

@Lakshmana said:

@thanksajdotcom My client company projects are Centos with RAID1.Last week there was an issue found at RAID 1.So my senior needs to check the basic things are working properly.

If the box is up, RAID is fixed. It's already tested. RAID cannot impact services. Either the system works or it doesn't, it is black and white.

thanksajdotcom

@Lakshmana said:

@thanksajdotcom My client company projects are Centos with RAID1.Last week there was an issue found at RAID 1.So my senior needs to check the basic things are working properly.The motherboard of my client is not working so they are trying to buy the motherboard othr Asus.So we are under going at testing whether the data can be accessed after changing the hard disk in other motherboard

Ok, if you're testing if data can be accessed...I'm confused. Is the RAID rebuilt? Can't you just test access locally and verify all the files are there? You could even use something like SCP to copy the files to another Linux box and then see if you can read them from there. That would be easier, IMO.