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SMB Provide Network Shares Suitable For Group Collaboration
General Information
Samba shares for groups.
Prerequisites
Lab Setup
The following virtual machines will be used:
- server1.example.com (192.168.1.150) → Perform all SMB client tests from here
- server2.example.com (192.168.1.151) → Install the Samba Server here
Group Shares: Server
Create a group
groupadd smbgrp
Add users to the group
usermod -G smbgrp user1 usermod -G smbgrp user2
Create samba passwords
smbpasswd -a user1 smbpasswd -a user2
Setup the group directory for sharing
mkdir /sambashare_group chown :smbgrp /sambashare_group chmod 770 /sambashare_group
SELinux: Set file context
semanage fcontext -at samba_share_t "/sambashare_group(/.*)?" restorecon -Rv /sambashare_group
Create the new directory share config
vim /etc/samba/smb.conf [sambashare_group] comment = /sambashare_group browsable = yes path = /sambashare_group public = no valid users = @smbgrp write list = @smbgrp writable = yes force group = +smbgrp create mask = 0770
Restart the service for changes to take effect
systemctl restart smb
Group Shares: Client
- Ensure the same users and group exist on the client
- uids and gids must match!
List shares
smbclient -L //192.168.1.200 -U user1
Setup local directory for mounting the remote samba share
mkdir /collaborate
Mount temporarily
mount //192.168.1.200/smbgroupshare /collaborate -t cifs -o username=user1