COMS 3703 Arkansas Tech University Server Linux OS Project

I’m working on a operating systems question and need guidance to help me learn.

For the presentation project, create a SAMBA server. For the OS, you canchoose any version of Linux (GUI or CLI) you wish to use to setup SAMBA. SAMBA can be used as a file server to store and share data with othercomputers on your network.

I will require screenshots of each step you make to setup your server. After all screenshots aresaved, you will input these into a Power Point presentation.

The first slide will need to have your full name (Taaha Asad) and COMS 3703.

Step 1:Once your Linux OS is installed, launch terminal and type the command to install SAMBA. I am using Linux Mint, so I type the following:

sudo apt-get –y install samba

Step 2:Set a psswrd for your SAMBA Server. Please Note: add a username that is presently added to your SAMBA server. You may use your currentuser, but it is wise to have a different psswrd for SAMBA (for security purposes):

sudo smbpasswd –a username

You can type in whoami at terminal and see who the current user is.

Step 3:Create a shared folder you wish to be shared on your SAMBA server. For foldername, you can use any name you would like. I created a foldernamed OperatingSystems:

Mkdir /home/username/foldername

Step 4:Edit smb.conf. This is located in /etc/samba/

Inside the smb.conf add the following to the bottom:

[Foldername]

comment = COMS 3703 SAMBA

path = /home/username/foldername

browseable = yes

read only = no

create mask = 0755

writeable = yes

valid users = username

Save the changes and restart the smbd service:

sudo service smbd restart

Step 5:Get the hostname of your SAMBA server by typing in the following:

Hostname

Step 6:If your hostname is more than 15 characters in length, you will need to change your hostname to something with less characters:

sudo nano /etc/hostname

Save and reboot the SAMBA host computer

Step 7:Go to a Windows computer on your network, go to run, and type in \hostname

It will require you to sign in using the SAMBA username and psswrd you set in Step 2.

Step 8:Create a txt or notepad document and place inside the shared folder.

Step 9:Go to the SAMBA server host computer and verify the file your placed on the Windows computer is present.If this was successful, you have created a SAMBA file server that can be shared by multiple Operating System environments.