Samba (简体中文)
Samba 是 SMB/CIFS 网络协议的重新实现, 可以在 Linux 和 Windows 系统间进行文件、打印机共享，和 NFS 的功能类似。本文介绍如何配置和使用 Samba.
服务器
安装
Samba 服务的配置文件是 /etc/samba/smb.conf，smb.conf(5)提供了详细的文档。
samba 软件包没有提供此文件，启动 smb.service 前需要先创建这个文件。从 这里 可以获取到示例文件。
从上面获取的默认配置文件里把日志log file设置到一个不能写的地方, 这会引起错误。下面的办法可以解决这个问题:
- 把日志文件放到可写的路径:
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log- 把日志存到非文件后端的解决方案里:
logging = syslog配合syslog only = yes, 或者使用logging = systemd
- 把日志存到非文件后端的解决方案里:
如果需要的话; 在[global]部份中指定的 workgroup 需要对应windows工作组的名称 (默认是 WORKGROUP).
smb.conf 文件后，运行 testparm(1) 命令看看有没有语法错误。配置防火墙
如果使用了 防火墙，请记得打开需要的端口(通常是 137-139 + 445). 完整列表请查看 Samba 端口使用。
用户管理
添加用户
Samba 需要 Linux 账户才能使用 - 可以使用已有账户或 创建新用户.
虽然用户名可以和 Linux 系统共享，Samba 使用单独的密码管理，将下面的 samba_user 替换为选择的 Samba 用户:
# smbpasswd -a samba_user
根据 服务器角色 的差异，可能需要修改已有的 文件权限和属性。
要让新创建的用户仅能访问 Samba 远程文件服务器，可以禁用其它登录选项
- 禁用 shell -
usermod --shell /usr/bin/nologin --lock samba_user - 禁用 SSH logons - /etc/ssh/sshd_config, option
AllowUsers
参阅Security。
查询用户
用 pdbedit(8) 命令查询现有用户:
# pdbedit -L -v
更改 samba 用户的密码
用 smbpasswd 修改 samba 用户的密码:
# smbpasswd samba_user
创建共享
map to guest = Bad User in the [global] section of /etc/samba/smb.conf. A different guest account may be used instead of the default provided nobody.请确保 smb.conf.default 的 Share Definitions 部分正确设置了共享。
启动服务
为了能够使用 SMB 进行基本的文件共享，start/enable smb.service 和 nmb.service 服务。更多信息参阅 smbd 和 nmbd 的 man 手册。
nmb.service 并不总是需要启用。
smbd.socket，禁用 smb.service。这样的话会在第一次收到连接请求是启动后台进程。高级配置
Usershares 让不具有 root 权限的用户可以进行添加、修改和删除自己的文件夹的操作。
以下操作将会在 /var/lib/samba 添加 usershares 目录：
#mkdir /var/lib/samba/usershare
以下操作将会建立 sambashare 用户组：
#groupadd sambashare
以下操作将会将刚刚建立的文件夹的权限：拥有者更改为 root，群组更改为 sambashare：
# chown root:sambashare /var/lib/samba/usershare
以下的操作将会让 sambashare 群组中的用户拥有读取，写入和执行此文件夹中内容的权限：
# chmod 1770 /var/lib/samba/usershare
修改 smb.conf 配置文件中的以下变量：
/etc/samba/smb.conf
... [global] usershare path = /var/lib/samba/usershare usershare max shares = 100 usershare allow guests = yes usershare owner only = yes ...
将用户添加到群组 sambashare 中。其中，替换 your_username 为实际的用户名：
# usermod -a -G sambashare your_username
重启 smb.service 和 nmb.service 服务。
注销后重新登陆，此时您应该就可以使用 GUI 程序配置您的 samba 共享服务了。例如，在 Thunar 中您可以右键点击任何一个文件夹将它在局域网中共享。如果你想共享自己主目录内的路径，需要主目录的内容让其它用户可以列出。
在命令行中，请使用下面命令, 替换掉 sharename, user, ... :
# net usershare add sharename abspath [comment] [user:{R|D|F}] [guest_ok={y|n}]
# net usershare delete sharename
# net usershare list wildcard-sharename
# net usershare info wildcard-sharename
Set and forcing permissions
Permissions may be applied to both the server and shares:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] ;inherit owner = unix only ; Inherit ownership of the parent directory for new files and directories ;inherit permissions = yes ; Inherit permissions of the parent directory for new files and directories create mask = 0664 directory mask = 2755 force create mode = 0644 force directory mode = 2755 ... [media] comment = Media share accessible by greg and pcusers path = /path/to/media valid users = greg @pcusers force group = +pcusers public = no writable = yes create mask = 0664 directory mask = 2775 force create mode = 0664 force directory mode = 2775 [public] comment = Public share where archie has write access path = /path/to/public public = yes read only = yes write list = archie printable = no [guests] comment = Allow all users to read/write path = /path/to/guests public = yes only guest = yes writable = yes printable = no
See smb.conf(5) for a full overview of possible permission flags and settings.
Restrict protocols for better security
server min protocol = SMB2_02 to protect yourself from ransomware attacks. In Samba 4.11 and newer, SMB2 is the default min protocol, so no changes are required there.Append server min protocol and server max protocol in /etc/samba/smb.conf to force usage of a minimum and maximum protocol:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] server min protocol = SMB2_02 ; server max protocol = SMB3
See server max protocol in smb.conf(5) for an overview of supported protocols.
For compatibility with older clients and/or servers, you might need to set client min protocol = CORE or server min protocol = CORE, but please note that this makes you vulnerable to exploits in SMB1 including ransomware attacks.
server min protocol = SMB3_00 when clients should only connect using the latest SMB3 protocol, e.g. on clients running Windows 8 and later.Clients using mount.cifs may need to specify the correct vers=*, e.g.:
# mount -t cifs //SERVER/sharename /mnt/mountpoint -o username=username,password=password,iocharset=utf8,vers=3.1.1
See mount.cifs(8) for more information.
Restrict protocols for better security
server min protocol = SMB2_02 to protect yourself from ransomware attacks. In Samba 4.11 and newer, SMB2 is the default min protocol, so no changes are required there.Append server min protocol and server max protocol in /etc/samba/smb.conf to force usage of a minimum and maximum protocol:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] server min protocol = SMB2_02 ; server max protocol = SMB3
See server max protocol in smb.conf(5) for an overview of supported protocols.
For compatibility with older clients and/or servers, you might need to set client min protocol = CORE or server min protocol = CORE, but please note that this makes you vulnerable to exploits in SMB1 including ransomware attacks.
server min protocol = SMB3_00 when clients should only connect using the latest SMB3 protocol, e.g. on clients running Windows 8 and later.Clients using mount.cifs may need to specify the correct vers=*, e.g.:
# mount -t cifs //SERVER/sharename /mnt/mountpoint -o username=username,password=password,iocharset=utf8,vers=3.1.1
See mount.cifs(8) for more information.
Use native SMB transport encryption
Native SMB transport encryption is available in SMB version 3.0 or newer. Clients supporting this type of encryption include Windows 8 and newer, Windows server 2012 and newer, and smbclient of Samba 4.1 and newer.
To use native SMB transport encryption by default, set the smb encrypt parameter globally and/or by share. Possible values are off, enabled (default value), desired, or required:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] smb encrypt = desired
See smb.conf(5) for more information, especially the paragraphs Effects for SMB1 and Effects for SMB2.
seal mount option to force usage of encryption.Disable printer sharing
By default Samba shares printers configured using CUPS.
If you do not want printers to be shared, use the following settings:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] load printers = no printing = bsd printcap name = /dev/null disable spoolss = yes show add printer wizard = no
Samba offers an option to block files with certain patterns, like file extensions. This option can be used to prevent dissemination of viruses or to dissuade users from wasting space with certain files. More information about this option can be found in smb.conf(5).
/etc/samba/smb.conf
... [myshare] comment = Private path = /mnt/data read only = no veto files = /*.exe/*.com/*.dll/*.bat/*.vbs/*.tmp/*.mp3/*.avi/*.mp4/*.wmv/*.wma/
Improve throughput
The default settings should be sufficient for most users. However setting the 'socket options' correct can improve performance, but getting them wrong can degrade it by just as much. Test the effect before making any large changes.
Read the smb.conf(5) man page before applying any of the options listed below.
The following settings should be append to the [global] section of /etc/samba/smb.conf.
SMB3 multi-channel may improve performance, however it may result in data corruption under some race conditions. Future releases may improve this situation:
server multi channel support = yes
Setting a deadtime is useful to stop a server's resources being exhausted by a large number of inactive connections:
deadtime = 30
The usage of sendfile may make more efficient use of the system CPU's and cause Samba to be faster:
use sendfile = yes
The write cache allows Samba to batch client writes into a more efficient write size for RAID disks (i.e. writes may be tuned to be the RAID stripe size) and can improve performance on systems where the disk subsystem is a bottleneck but there is free memory for userspace programs:
write cache size = 262144
Setting min receivefile size allows zero-copy writes directly from network socket buffers into the filesystem buffer cache (if available). It may improve performance but user testing is recommended:
min receivefile size = 16384
Reading/writing files asynchronously may improve performance instead of using synchronously writes:
aio read size = 1 aio write size = 1
Increasing the receive/send buffers size and socket optimize flags might be useful to improve throughput. It is recommended to test each flag separately as it may cause issues on some networks:
socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_THROUGHPUT SO_RCVBUF=131072 SO_SNDBUF=131072
客户端配置
如果不需要查询公开的共享，可以安装轻量级的 cifs-utils 软件包，使用 /usr/bin/mount.cifs 命令挂载共享.
要使用类似 ftp 的命令行界面，请安装软件包 smbclient。常用命令请参考 smbclient(1)。
桌面环境 可能提供了图形界面，参考#File manager configuration.
显示可用共享
下面命令会显示服务器上的可用共享:
$ smbclient -L hostname -U%
smbtree 可用显示共享目录树，不建议再有大量计算机的网络上使用此功能。可用它检查共享名是否可用。
$ smbtree -b -N
-b (--broadcast) 使用广播模式，-N (-no-pass) 不询问密码.
WINS 主机名
smbclient 提供了一个用 WINS 解析主机名的驱动，要启用它，将 “wins” 添加到 /etc/nsswitch.conf 的 “hosts” 行。
手动挂载
创建共享挂载点：
# mkdir /mnt/mountpoint
使用 mount.cifs 作为挂载类型 type，下面列出的选项并不是全部都需要：
# mount -t cifs //SERVER/sharename /mnt/mountpoint -o user=username,password=password,uid=username,gid=group,workgroup=workgroup,ip=serverip,iocharset=utf8
要允许用户挂载到自己可以访问的目录，请使用 users 挂载选项。
使用 uid 和 gid 挂载选项时，请注意 文件权限，否则会出现 I/O 错误。}}
SERVER
- 服务器名.
sharename
- 共享目录.
mountpoint
- 本地的挂载点.
-o [options]
- 详情请参考 mount.cifs(8).
- 结尾不要加
/.//SERVER/sharename/无法工作. - 如果挂载工作不稳定，出现死机和掉线问题，请尝试用
vers=设置不同的 SMB 协议版本。例如， 挂载 Vista 用vers=2.0. - 如果挂载了 cifs 机器上出现关机超时，请参考 wpa_supplicant#Problem with mounted network shares (cifs) and shutdown.
保存共享密码
不建议将密码保存在所有人都可读的文件中，一个更安全的方式是创建密码文件：
/path/to/credentials/share
username=myuser password=mypass
将 username=myuser,password=mypass 替换为 credentials=/path/to/credentials/share.
修改密码文件的权限：
# chmod 600 /path/to/credentials/share
Automatic mounting
systemd-networkd-wait-online.service or NetworkManager-wait-online.service (depending on your setup) to proper enable booting on start-up.As mount entry
This is a simple example of a cifs mount entry that requires authentication:
/etc/fstab
//SERVER/sharename /mnt/mountpoint cifs _netdev,username=myuser,password=mypass 0 0
\040 (ASCII code for space in octal). For example, //SERVER/share name on the command line should be //SERVER/share\040name in /etc/fstab.x-systemd.automount if you want them to be mounted only upon access. See Fstab#Remote file system for details.As systemd unit
Create a new .mount file inside /etc/systemd/system, e.g. mnt-myshare.mount. See systemd.mount(5) for details.
mnt-myshare.mount can only be used if are going to mount the share under /mnt/myshare. Otherwise the following error might occur: systemd[1]: mnt-myshare.mount: Where= setting does not match unit name. Refusing..What= path to share
Where= path to mount the share
Options= share mounting options
- Network mount units automatically acquire
Afterdependencies on remote-fs-pre.target, network.target and network-online.target, and gain aBeforedependency on remote-fs.target unlessnofailmount option is set. Towards the latter aWantsunit is added as well. -
Append
noautotoOptionspreventing automatically mount during boot (unless it is pulled in by some other unit). - If you want to use a hostname for the server you want to share (instead of an IP address), add
nss-lookup.targettoAfterandWants. This might avoid mount errors at boot time that do not arise when testing the unit.
/etc/systemd/system/mnt-myshare.mount
[Unit] Description=Mount Share at boot [Mount] What=//server/share Where=/mnt/myshare Options=_netdev,credentials=/etc/samba/credentials/myshare,iocharset=utf8,rw Type=cifs TimeoutSec=30 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
ForceUnmount=true to [Mount], allowing the share to be (force-)unmounted.To use mnt-myshare.mount, start the unit and enable it to run on system boot.
automount
To automatically mount a share, one may use the following automount unit:
/etc/systemd/system/mnt-myshare.automount
[Unit] Description=Automount myshare [Automount] Where=/mnt/myshare [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Disable/stop the mnt-myshare.mount unit, and enable/start mnt-myshare.automount to automount the share when the mount path is being accessed.
smbnetfs
First, check if you can see all the shares you are interested in mounting:
$ smbtree -U remote_user
If that does not work, find and modify the following line
in /etc/samba/smb.conf accordingly:
domain master = auto
Now restart smb.service and nmb.service.
If everything works as expected, install smbnetfs from the official repositories.
Then, add the following line to /etc/fuse.conf:
user_allow_other
Now copy the directory /etc/smbnetfs/.smb to your home directory:
$ cp -a /etc/smbnetfs/.smb ~
Then create a link to smb.conf:
$ ln -sf /etc/samba/smb.conf ~/.smb/smb.conf
If a username and a password are required to access some of the shared folders, edit ~/.smb/smbnetfs.auth
to include one or more entries like this:
~/.smb/smbnetfs.auth
auth "hostname" "username" "password"
It is also possible to add entries for specific hosts to be mounted by smbnetfs, if necessary.
More details can be found in ~/.smb/smbnetfs.conf.
If you are using the Dolphin or GNOME Files, you may want to add the following to ~/.smb/smbnetfs.conf to avoid "Disk full" errors as smbnetfs by default will report 0 bytes of free space:
~/.smb/smbnetfs.conf
free_space_size 1073741824
When you are done with the configuration, you need to run
$ chmod 600 ~/.smb/smbnetfs.*
Otherwise, smbnetfs complains about 'insecure config file permissions'.
Finally, to mount your Samba network neighbourhood to a directory of your choice, call
$ smbnetfs mount_point
Daemon
The Arch Linux package also maintains an additional system-wide operation mode for smbnetfs. To enable it, you need to make the
said modifications in the directory /etc/smbnetfs/.smb.
Then, you can start and/or enable the smbnetfs daemon as usual. The system-wide mount point is at /mnt/smbnet/.
autofs
See Autofs for information on the kernel-based automounter for Linux.
File manager configuration
GNOME Files, Nemo, Caja, Thunar and PCManFM
In order to access samba shares through GNOME Files, Nemo, Caja, Thunar or PCManFM, install the gvfs-smb package, available in the official repositories.
Press Ctrl+l and enter smb://servername/share in the location bar to access your share.
The mounted share is likely to be present at /run/user/your_UID/gvfs or ~/.gvfs in the filesystem.
KDE
KDE has the ability to browse Samba shares built in. To use a GUI in the KDE System Settings, you will need to install the kdenetwork-filesharing package.
If you get a "Time Out" Error when navigating with Dolphin, you should uncomment and edit the following line in smb.conf:
name resolve order = lmhosts bcast host wins
as shown in this page.
Other graphical environments
There are a number of useful programs, but they may need to have packages created for them. This can be done with the Arch package build system. The good thing about these others is that they do not require a particular environment to be installed to support them, and so they bring along less baggage.
- pyneighborhoodAUR is available in the official repositories.
- LinNeighborhood, RUmba, xffm-samba plugin for Xffm are not available in the official repositories or the AUR. As they are not officially (or even unofficially supported), they may be obsolete and may not work at all.
Tips and tricks
If nothing is known about other systems on the local network, and automated tools such as smbnetfs are not available, the following methods allow one to manually probe for Samba shares.
1. First, install the nmap and smbclient packages.
2. nmap checks which ports are open:
# nmap -p 139 -sT "192.168.1.*"
In this case, a scan on the 192.168.1.* IP address range and port 139 has been performed, resulting in:
$ nmap -sT "192.168.1.*"
Starting nmap 3.78 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-02-15 11:45 PHT Interesting ports on 192.168.1.1: (The 1661 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) PORT STATE SERVICE 139/tcp open netbios-ssn 5000/tcp open UPnP Interesting ports on 192.168.1.5: (The 1662 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) PORT STATE SERVICE 6000/tcp open X11 Nmap run completed -- 256 IP addresses (2 hosts up) scanned in 7.255 seconds
The first result is another system; the second happens to be the client from where this scan was performed.
3. Now that systems with port 139 open are revealed, use nmblookup(1) to check for NetBIOS names:
$ nmblookup -A 192.168.1.1
Looking up status of 192.168.1.1
PUTER <00> - B <ACTIVE>
HOMENET <00> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
PUTER <03> - B <ACTIVE>
PUTER <20> - B <ACTIVE>
HOMENET <1e> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
USERNAME <03> - B <ACTIVE>
HOMENET <1d> - B <ACTIVE>
MSBROWSE <01> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
Regardless of the output, look for <20>, which shows the host with open services.
4. Use smbclient to list which services are shared on PUTER. If prompted for a password, pressing enter should still display the list:
$ smbclient -L \\PUTER
Sharename Type Comment
---- ------- MY_MUSIC Disk SHAREDDOCS Disk PRINTER$ Disk PRINTER Printer IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication Server Comment
------- PUTER Workgroup Master
------- HOMENET PUTER
Remote control of Windows computer
Samba offers a set of tools for communication with Windows. These can be handy if access to a Windows computer through remote desktop is not an option, as shown by some examples.
Send shutdown command with a comment:
$ net rpc shutdown -C "comment" -I IPADDRESS -U USERNAME%PASSWORD
A forced shutdown instead can be invoked by changing -C with comment to a single -f. For a restart, only add -r, followed by a -C or -f.
Stop and start services:
$ net rpc service stop SERVICENAME -I IPADDRESS -U USERNAME%PASSWORD
To see all possible net rpc command:
$ net rpc
Troubleshooting
Failed to start Samba SMB/CIFS server
Possible solutions:
- Check
smb.confon syntactic errors with testparm(1). - Set correct permissions for
/var/cache/samba/and restartsmb.service:
# chmod 0755 /var/cache/samba/msg
Permission issues on AppArmor
If using a share path located outside of a home-directory, whitelist it in /etc/apparmor.d/local/usr.sbin.smbd. E.g.:
/etc/apparmor.d/local/usr.sbin.smbd
"/data/" rk, "/data/**" lrwk,
No dialect specified on mount
The client is using an unsupported SMB/CIFS version that is required by the server.
See #Restrict protocols for better security for more information.
Unable to overwrite files, permissions errors
Possible solutions:
- Append the mount option
nodfsto the/etc/fstabentry. - Add
msdfs root = noto the[global]section of the server's/etc/samba/smb.conf.
Set map to guest inside the global section of /etc/samba/smb.conf:
map to guest = Bad User
From Samba 4.10.10 you should use Bad Password instead Bad User.
Windows 7 connectivity problems - mount error(12): cannot allocate memory
A known Windows 7 bug that causes "mount error(12): cannot allocate memory" on an otherwise perfect cifs share on the Linux end can be fixed by setting a few registry keys on the Windows box as follows:
-
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\LargeSystemCache(set to1) -
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\Size(set to3)
Alternatively, start Command Prompt in Admin Mode and execute the following:
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v "LargeSystemCache" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters" /v "Size" /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f
Do one of the following for the settings to take effect:
- Restart Windows
- Restart the Server service via services.msc
- From the Command Prompt run: 'net stop lanmanserver' and 'net start lanmanserver' - The server may automatically restart after stopping it.
Windows 10 1709 and up connectivity problems - "Windows cannot access" 0x80004005
This error affects some machines running Windows 10 version 1709 and later. It is not related to SMB1 being disabled in this version but to the fact that Microsoft disabled insecure logons for guests on this version for some, but not others.
To fix, open Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc). Navigate to Computer configuration\administrative templates\network\Lanman Workstation > Enable insecure guest logons and enable it.
Alternatively,change the following value in the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters] "AllowInsecureGuestAuth"=dword:1
Error: Failed to retrieve printer list: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
If you are a home user and using samba purely for file sharing from a server or NAS, you are probably not interested in sharing printers through it. If so, you can prevent this error from occurring by adding the following lines to your /etc/samba/smb.conf:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] load printers = No printing = bsd printcap name = /dev/null disable spoolss = Yes
Restart the samba service, smb.service, and then check your logs:
# cat /var/log/samba/smbd.log
and the error should now no longer be appearing.
Sharing a folder fails
It means that while you are sharing a folder from Dolphin (file manager) and everything seems ok at first, after restarting Dolphin the share icon is gone from the shared folder, and also some output like this in terminal (Konsole) output:
‘net usershare’ returned error 255: net usershare: usershares are currently disabled
To fix it, enable usershare as described in #建立 Usershare 路径.
And you are using a firewall (iptables) because you do not trust your local (school, university, hotel) network. This may be due to the following: When the smbclient is browsing the local network it sends out a broadcast request on udp port 137. The servers on the network then reply to your client but as the source address of this reply is different from the destination address iptables saw when sending the request for the listing out, iptables will not recognize the reply as being "ESTABLISHED" or "RELATED", and hence the packet is dropped. A possible solution is to add:
iptables -t raw -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 137 -j CT --helper netbios-ns
to your iptables setup.
Protocol negotiation failed: NT_STATUS_INVALID_NETWORK_RESPONSE
The client probably does not have access to shares. Make sure clients' IP address is in hosts allow = line in /etc/samba/smb.conf.
Another problem could be, that the client uses an invalid protocol version. To check this try to connect with the smbclient where you specify the maximum protocol version manually:
$ smbclient -U <user name> -L //<server name> -m <protocol version: e. g. SMB2> -W <domain name>
If the command was successful then create a configuration file:
~/.smb/smb.conf
[global] workgroup = <domain name> client max protocol = SMB2
Connection to SERVER failed: (Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL)
You are probably passing a wrong server name to smbclient. To find out the server name, run hostnamectl on the server and look at "Transient hostname" line
Connection to SERVER failed: (Error NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED)
Make sure that the server has started. The shared directories should exist and be accessible.
Protocol negotiation failed: NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_RESET
Probably the server is configured not to accept protocol SMB1. Add option client max protocol = SMB2 in /etc/samba/smb.conf.
Or just pass argument -m SMB2 to smbclient.
Password Error when correct credentials are given (error 1326)
Samba 4.5 has NTLMv1 authentication disabled by default. It is recommend to install the latest available upgrades on clients and deny access for unsupported clients.
If you still need support for very old clients without NTLMv2 support (e.g. Windows XP), it is possible force enable NTLMv1, although this is not recommend for security reasons:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] lanman auth = yes ntlm auth = yes
If NTLMv2 clients are unable to authenticate when NTLMv1 has been enabled, create the following file on the client:
/home/user/.smb/smb.conf
[global] sec = ntlmv2 client ntlmv2 auth = yes
This change also affects samba shares mounted with mount.cifs. If after upgrade to Samba 4.5 your mount fails, add the sec=ntlmssp option to your mount command, e.g.
mount.cifs //server/share /mnt/point -o sec=ntlmssp,...
See the mount.cifs(8) man page: ntlmssp - Use NTLMv2 password hashing encapsulated in Raw NTLMSSP message. The default in mainline kernel versions prior to v3.8 was sec=ntlm. In v3.8, the default was changed to sec=ntlmssp.
Mapping reserved Windows characters
Starting with kernel 3.18, the cifs module uses the "mapposix" option by default.
When mounting a share using unix extensions and a default Samba configuration, files and directories containing one of the seven reserved Windows characters : \ * < > ? are listed but cannot be accessed.
Possible solutions are:
- Use the undocumented
nomapposixmount option for cifs
# mount.cifs //server/share /mnt/point -o nomapposix
- Configure Samba to remap
mapposix("SFM", Services for Mac) style characters to the correct native ones using fruit
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] vfs objects = catia fruit fruit:encoding = native
- Manually remap forbidden characters using catia
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] vfs objects = catia catia:mappings = 0x22:0xf022, 0x2a:0xf02a, 0x2f:0xf02f, 0x3a:0xf03a, 0x3c:0xf03c, 0x3e:0xf03e, 0x3f:0xf03f, 0x5c:0xf05c, 0x7c:0xf07c, 0x20:0xf020
The latter approach (using catia or fruit) has the drawback of filtering files with unprintable characters.
This section presupposes:
- Usershares are configured following previous section
- A shared folder has been created as a non-root user from GUI
- Guests access has been set to shared folder during creation
- Samba service has been restarted at least once since last
/etc/samba/smb.conffile modification
For clarification purpose only, in the following sub-sections is assumed:
- Shared folder is located inside user home directory path (
/home/yourUser/Shared) - Shared folder name is MySharedFiles
- Guest access is read-only.
- Windows users will access shared folder content without login prompt
Verify correct samba configuration
Run the following command from a terminal to test configuration file correctness:
$ testparm
Run the following commands from a terminal:
$ cd /var/lib/samba/usershare $ ls
If everything is fine, you will notice a file named mysharedfiles
Read the file contents using the following command:
$ cat mysharedfiles
The terminal output should display something like this:
/var/lib/samba/usershare/mysharedfiles
path=/home/yourUser/Shared comment= usershare_acl=S-1-1-0:r guest_ok=y sharename=MySharedFiles
Verify folder access by guest
Run the following command from a terminal. If prompted for a password, just press Enter:
$ smbclient -L localhost
If everything is fine, MySharedFiles should be displayed under Sharename column
Run the following command in order to access the shared folder as guest (anonymous login)
$ smbclient -N //localhost/MySharedFiles
If everything is fine samba client prompt will be displayed:
smb: \>
From samba prompt verify guest can list directory contents:
smb: \> ls
If NTFS_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED error displayed, probably there is something to be solved at directory permission level.
Run the following commands as root to set correct permissions for folders:
# cd /home # chmod -R 755 /home/yourUser/Shared
Access shared folder again as guest to be sure guest read access error has been solved.
Mount error: Host is down
This error might be seen when mounting shares of Synology NAS servers. Use the mount option vers=1.0 to solve it.
Software caused connection abort
File managers that utilizes gvfs-smb can show the error Software caused connection abort when writing a file to a share/server. This may be due to the server running SMB/CIFS version 1, which many routers use for USB drive sharing (e.g. Belkin routers). To write to these shares specify the CIFS version with the option vers=1.0. E.g.:
/etc/fstab
//SERVER/sharename /mnt/mountpoint cifs _netdev,guest,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,vers=1.0 0 0
This can also happen after updating Samba to version 4.11, which deactivates SMB1 as default, and accessing any Samba share. You can reenable it by adding
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] client min protocol = CORE
Connection problem (due to authentification error)
Be sure that you do not leave any space characters before your username in Samba client configuration file as follows:
~/.samba
username= user password=pass
The correct format is:
~/.samba
username=user password=pass
See also
- Official website
- Samba: An Introduction
- Samba 3.2.x HOWTO and Reference Guide (outdated but still most extensive documentation)
- Wikipedia
- Gentoo:Samba/Guide
- Debian:SambaServerSimple