Linux Tutorials on the topic “storage”

• Debian 4.0 (Etch) Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: debian, samba, storage • Comments: 2

  This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba file server on Debian Etch and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as adding users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has its own home directory that is accessible via SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read/write access.

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• Browsing the Windows network with your linux machine with automatic mounting and discovery of all hosts and shares.

  Author: stefbon • Tags: linux, samba, storage • Comments: 0

  An attempt to complete automatic discovery and mounting of SMB (Windows and Samba) networkshares For some time I've been looking for a good way to let my computer discover the Windows network and other networkservices like SSH and FTP and mount shares on demand. After trying the kioslaves in the desktop of my choice (KDE) and the FUSE programs Fusesmb and SmbNetFs, I was not really satisfied. There had to be an way to let my computer discover all the workgroups/domains, the hosts and the shares, and mount a share on a hosts on demand.This contruction does that exactly, for the networkservices SMB ("Windows Neighboorhoud") and SSH. Support for FTP is underway. 

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• Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: samba, storage, ubuntu • Comments: 2

  This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 7.10 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as standalone server, not as a domain controller. For this setup, I will use the Ubuntu Server installation CD but the same installation procedure will work on an Ubuntu desktop as well.

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• SAMBA (Domaincontroller) Server For Small Workgroups With Ubuntu 7.10

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: samba, storage, ubuntu • Comments: 2

  SAMBA (Domaincontroller) Server For Small Workgroups With Ubuntu 7.10 This is a detailed description about setting up an Ubuntu based server (Ubuntu 7.10) to act as file- and printserver for Windows(tm) workstations in small workgroups. This howto uses the tdb backend for SAMBA to store passwords and account information. This is suitable for workgroups for up to 250 users and is easier to set up than an LDAP backend.

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• Samba Fileserver With SWAT On Fedora 8

  Author: o.meyer • Tags: fedora, samba, storage • Comments: 0

  Samba Fileserver With SWAT On Fedora 8 This document describes how to set up and configure a Samba fileserver on Fedora 8 with the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT). The resulting system provides an easy to use fileserver for your Windows network.

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• Samba Domaincontroller For Small Workgroups With SWAT On Fedora 8

  Author: o.meyer • Tags: fedora, samba, storage • Comments: 2

  Samba Domaincontroller For Small Workgroups With SWAT On Fedora 8 This document describes how to set up and configure a Samba Domaincontroller for small workgroups (up to 250 users) on Fedora 8 with the Samba Web Administration Tool. The resulting system provides an easy to manage domaincontroller for your Windows network.

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• OpenLDAP + Samba Domain Controller On Ubuntu 7.10

  Author: rickyjones • Tags: ubuntu, samba, storage • Comments: 41

  OpenLDAP + Samba Domain Controller On Ubuntu 7.10 This document is a step by step guide for configuring Ubuntu 7.10 as a Samba Domain Controller with an LDAP backend (OpenLDAP). The point is to configure a server that can be comparable, from a central authentication point of view, to a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller. The end result will be a server with an LDAP directory for storing user, group, and computer accounts. A Windows XP Professional SP2 workstation will be able to join the domain once properly configured.

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• Mandriva Directory Server On Debian Etch

  Author: o.meyer • Tags: debian, samba, storage • Comments: 26

  Mandriva Directory Server On Debian Etch This document describes how to set up the Mandriva Directory Server (MDS) on Debian Etch. The resulting system provides a full-featured office server for small and medium companies - easy to administer via the web-based Mandriva Management Console (MMC).

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• How To Install And Configure Dansguardian With Multi-Group Filtering And Squid With NTLM Auth On Debian Etch

  Author: archerjd • Tags: security, debian, samba, storage • Comments: 7

  How To Install And Configure Dansguardian With Multi-Group Filtering And Squid With NTLM Auth On Debian Etch This how-to describes how to install and configure Dansguardian with multi-group filtering, Squid with NTLM auth, ipmasq, and dnsmasq to provide a full internet gateway solution for small to medium sized networks. This how-to requires two NICs in order to preform firewalling and transparent proxying.

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• Samba + Clamd + Samba-Vscan On CentOS 5.2

  Author: blynch • Tags: centos, samba, security, storage • Comments: 4

  Samba + Clamd + Samba-Vscan On CentOS 5.2 This is a howto on getting samba + clamav + samba-vscan to work on a CentOS 5.2 system.

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