Samba is no longer needed for as many things as it used to be. It's still the go-to to serve shares, but native client support has popped up in many operating systems. In Linux you can do
...and bam, you're a CIFS client, no Samba required.
What specific application were you using to browse shares and in what way did it not work? Knowing that would help me figure out what it's trying to do and why it's not working.
We need more details on what your shares are.
Corona688,
I need the SAMBA as i explained it must come up on bootup, and therefore has to be in the fstab to auto load with all required passwords. Additionally this process has to be repeated on other machines to have fully functional network, sharing with the Linux and Windows servers.
Cheers!
OMR/TBNK
PS
If it's not SAMBA, then the Windows computers on the network will not see any of the shares.
Has any setup samba 2.2.4 inside of unix ver 11.0, i am trying to mount a nfs mount on a w2k, and wxp box, and i was told that i had to upgrade to sambe 2.2.4, but the c compiler on ver 11.0 isnt ansii compatable, I could please use any help or directions on this matter...
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Hi, I am very new to Unix, do know some RedHat linux. I am wanting to install samba on my unix machine. Not sure where to start, any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris Lewis (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am sorry I am total dummy in Unix. I am starting to explore a thing call "Samba".
From my initial and rough finding, I think Samba is only useful in providing Print services to PC platform users.
That is to say, The Unix machine which has Samba installed, is able to provide print... (3 Replies)
Greetings..
I need SAMBA to implement a backup strategy , the problem is that i cant find it anywhere...
can u guys gimme a link to a sun compatilble version of samba ?
thanx thanx htanx.....
:rolleyes: (3 Replies)
Hey.
I have a question about adding users and maping theirs dirictorys.
Main Folder |
-User1 Folder
-User2 Folder
-User3 Folder
......
How can I add this users to have folders in the Main Folder ? any simple script?
And I... (0 Replies)
Hi All, I've been trying to configure samba on Solaris 10 to allow me to have one share that is open and writable to all users and have the rest of my shares password protected by a generic account.
If I set my security to user, my secured shares work just fine and prompt accordingly, but when... (0 Replies)
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vfs_shadow_copy2
VFS_SHADOW_COPY2(8) System Administration tools VFS_SHADOW_COPY2(8)NAME
vfs_shadow_copy2 - Expose snapshots to Windows clients as shadow copies.
SYNOPSIS
vfs objects = shadow_copy2
DESCRIPTION
This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.
The vfs_shadow_copy2 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 is a 2nd implementation of a shadow copy module. This version has the following features:
1. You don't need to populate your shares with symlinks to the snapshots. This can be very important when you have thousands of shares, or
use [homes].
2. The inode number of the files is altered so it is different from the original. This allows the 'restore' button to work without a
sharing violation.
This module is stackable.
CONFIGURATION
vfs_shadow_copy2 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_copy2. 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_copy2 snapshot naming convention can be produced with the following date(1) command:
TZ=GMT date +@GMT-%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S
OPTIONS
shadow:snapdir = SNAPDIR
Path to the directory where snapshots are kept.
shadow:basedir = BASEDIR
Path to the base directory that snapshots are from.
shadow:fixinodes = yes/no
If you enable shadow:fixinodes then this module will modify the apparent inode number of files in the snapshot directories using a hash
of the files path. This is needed for snapshot systems where the snapshots have the same device:inode number as the original files
(such as happens with GPFS snapshots). If you don't set this option then the 'restore' button in the shadow copy UI will fail with a
sharing violation.
EXAMPLES
Add shadow copy support to user home directories:
[homes]
vfs objects = shadow_copy2
shadow:snapdir = /data/snaphots
shadow:basedir = /data/home
CAVEATS
This is not a backup, archival, or version control solution.
With Samba or Windows servers, vfs_shadow_copy2 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 3.2.7 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 3.5 06/18/2010 VFS_SHADOW_COPY2(8)