09-27-2011
Samba setup in virtual server environment Windows/ Linux
I have a home network set up that consists of a few windows clients and 3 centos, and 1 suse client. These are all virtual machines, VMware Workstation. One centos vm is set to be the Samba server. Do I need Samba set up on the other Linux clients?I have no problem seeing the windows clients but the centos and suse come and go. I am going to redo the whole Samba setup but I am not sure how to handle the other linux clients as far as setting up samba with them.
If all get Samba installed, the one acting as the actual server, would be the local master? Since I do not have active directory setup, just workgroup, do I need a domain master?
I have it working now but the Linux clients do not always connect. I know my setup has problems that's why I want to do a fresh setup. The reason for the serveral centos vm's is one is the dns server, the other mail and ftp, the last is web. I am going to make the dns server also the samba server.
The setup works really well for the dns, ftp and web. I want samba for the ability to transfer files easily between servers and clients.
-Kevin
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vfs_shadow_copy
VFS_SHADOW_COPY(8) System Administration tools VFS_SHADOW_COPY(8)
NAME
vfs_shadow_copy - Make a Samba share read only for a specified time period
SYNOPSIS
vfs objects = shadow_copy
DESCRIPTION
This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.
The vfs_shadow_copy VFS module functionality that is similar to Microsoft Shadow Copy services. When setup properly, this module allows
Microsoft Shadow Copy clients to browse "shadow copies" on Samba shares.
This module is stackable.
CONFIGURATION
vfs_shadow_copy relies on a filesystem snapshot implementation. Many common filesystems have native support for this.
Filesystem snapshots must be mounted on specially named directories in order to be recognized by vfs_shadow_copy. The snapshot mount points
must be immediate children of a the directory being shared.
The snapshot naming convention is @GMT-YYYY.MM.DD-hh.mm.ss, where:
o YYYY is the 4 digit year
o MM is the 2 digit month
o DD is the 2 digit day
o hh is the 2 digit hour
o mm is the 2 digit minute
o ss is the 2 digit second.
The vfs_shadow_copy snapshot naming convention can be produced with the following date(1) command:
TZ=GMT date +@GMT-%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S
EXAMPLES
Add shadow copy support to user home directories:
[homes]
vfs objects = shadow_copy
CAVEATS
This is not a backup, archival, or version control solution.
With Samba or Windows servers, vfs_shadow_copy is designed to be an end-user tool only. It does not replace or enhance your backup and
archival solutions and should in no way be considered as such. Additionally, if you need version control, implement a version control
system.
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite.
AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
Samba 4.0 06/17/2014 VFS_SHADOW_COPY(8)