How To Install Samba Server on Rocky Linux 8.5

 in This Tutorial you will Learn "  How to install Samba and configure it as a standalone sharing server on Rocky Linux 8.5"

Samba is a free and open-source software that can be used to share files, folders, and printers between Linux and Windows systems. It is also used for Authentication and Authorization, Name resolution and Service announcement. It can be run on different operating systems including, Linux, Unix, OpenVMS and many more.
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Server - Os:  Rocky Linux 8.5  64Bit      |    IP -192.168.1.20        |     Hostname - www.primaryhost.com
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cat /etc/system-release ; sestatus ; hostname ; hostname -I ; dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" -y

dnf install samba samba-common samba-client -y
systemctl start smb ; systemctl enable smb ; systemctl status smb
 
mkdir -p /samba/share/public ; touch /samba/share/public/file.txt ; touch /samba/share/public/filetwo.txt
chmod -R 0755 /samba/share/ ; chmod -R 0755 /samba/share/public ; chown -R nobody:nobody /samba/share
chown -R nobody:nobody /samba/share/public
mv /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.bak

nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server %v
netbios name = samba-server
security = user
map to guest = bad user
dns proxy = no

[Public]
path = /samba/share/public
browsable =yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no

systemctl restart smb
testparm
firewall-cmd --add-service=samba --zone=public --permanent ;  firewall-cmd --reload

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Windows Machine- \\192.168.1.20
Linux - smb://192.168.1.20
Command-line - smbclient -L //192.168.1.20
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