Samba on solaris 10

Samba is already included on Solaris 10 installation.

On Solaris 3/05 is 3.0.4

On Solaris 1-06 is 3.0.11

You only have to configure the one is already there, this is what I did and it works for me:

For SAMBA 3.0.4 or 3.0.11

a) Configuration file (if it does not exist, create it):

#/etc/sfw/smb.conf

b) To determine the version of Samba installed, the following command can be run:

#/usr/sfw/sbin/smbd -V

c) Create folder and adjust permissions: (e.g.)

#mkdir /disk2

chmod 777 /disk2

chmod +t /disk2

chown sys /disk2

chgrp sys /disk2

d) Sample smb.conf file:

[global]

workgroup = WORKGROUP

security = SHARE

preferred master = No

local master = No

domain master = No

ldap ssl = no

hosts allow = localhost, myPC, 192.168.1.

hosts deny = All

[utility]

comment = Utilities to re-build

path = /utility

read only = No

guest ok = Yes

[disk2]

comment = Disk 2 storage

path = /disk2

read only = No

guest ok = Yes

[disk1]

comment = Disk 1 storage

path = /disk1

read only = No

guest ok = Yes

[respaldo]

comment = Backup

path = /backup

read only = No

guest ok = Yes

browseable = No

e) To test configuration:

# /usr/sfw/bin/testparm

f) Edit /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf

* For /etc/services, after the line which reads:

ldaps 636/udp # LDAP protocol over TLS/SSL (was sldap)

insert the line:

swat 901/tcp # Samba swat

* For /etc/inetd.conf add the following 2 lines to the end of the file:

Solaris 10:

netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/sfw/sbin/smbd smbd

swat stream tcp nowait root /usr/sfw/sbin/swat swat

* NOTE: Use ‘tabs’ for spaces.

create a password file

/usr/sfw/bin/smbpasswd -a root

start samba

/etc/rc3.d/S90samba start

To connect to Swat, simply start your Web browser and point it at: http://localhost:901

You can edit your smb.conf file from within the web browser.

( Note: You will receive the following error message on ‘dmesg’:

Configuration file /etc/inet/inetd.conf has been modified since inetconv was last run.

"inetconv -i/etc/inet/inetd.conf" must be run to apply any changes to SMF

Just run:

# inetconv -i/etc/inet/inetd.conf

on a terminal window.)

Tht's it, it works out of the box with no hasle, configue you smb.conf to your needs, this is just a home sample I use.