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fr33land · Joined: 25 Jun 2015 Posts: 52

Samba4 Basic for Puppy

In order for a Puppy machine to share its files across a network, it must run some kind of server. This could be an FTP or HTTP server, but the most versatile choice is Samba. Samba can be used to make a simple NAS file sharing box or to build a full multi-user client-server system.

Install the samba4_basic_tahrpup-4.1.9.pet from here. Click the green DOWNLOAD box.

For Precise/Slacko/Lupu, see the additional patch packages below.

Open a terminal and run: samba-start. The related commands are samba-stop and samba-restart.

The server's name is pupserver and the share's name is pupshare. The default user is root with password woofwoof. The share is currently set to the server's /mnt/home folder and is writable by clients.

There is also a pre-defined user named guest with password guest. It will be handy for connecting from clients like tablets or smartphones.

Depending on your Puppy installation method, you may not have a /mnt/home folder. If so, edit the smb.conf file (see below) so that pupshare points to an existing folder. For test purposes, just use /root.

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From a Puppy client, you can access the server with YASSM. Note: Running the Puppy firewall on either client or server machines may cause problems.

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On a Windows client, create a shortcut on the desktop and make the location \\pupserver. Note that this name starts with two back-slashes.

The Puppy server's default workgroup name is WORKGROUP. Depending on the version of Windows, you may need to change the workgroup name in smb.conf (see below) to match that of your Windows clients. Another common name is MSHOME.

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The server's configuration file is /etc/samba/smb.conf. You can edit it to change the share folder, add additional shares or change the server name. Update: There is also a GUI control panel applet - it is discussed here.

After editing the smb.conf, restart the server with samba-restart.

Avoid making changes to the server while clients are connected. This can cause hangups that will require rebooting to clear. If Samba starts to behave strangely, shut down any client machines and restart the Samba server.

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A Samba system has two sets of passwords - those belonging to the Linux users and those required by Samba. They can be different. (The Linux users don't even need passwords!) You probably want to change root's Samba password to prevent remote users from logging in as root. On the server machine, run the command: smbpasswd root.

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In the above default configuration, all the shares you create are public. But you might want to give each user their own private folder on the server. The utility program samba-adduser creates additional Samba users. A new Samba user must already exist as a Puppy user on the server machine, so samba-adduser does both jobs.

1. Create a Puppy/Samba user named fred. Update: You can do this step with the Control Panel instead.
2. To verify that you have made fred's account correctly, type:

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth

And Read Here

fr33land · Joined: 25 Jun 2015 Posts: 52

Thanks for the above link. But I notice that several Puppies with built-in Samba were omitted. Was this an oversight?

I am disappointed that you did not give your endorsement to Samba4 Basic, even though it is 30% smaller and has complete documentation.

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth

@MikeB's version is equivalent in size, but has modern features for todays newer LAN units (including PCs) with same or improved performance with no downside penalty. His version is the "true" full "SAMBA version 4+"; not a fork. The full SAMBA community is very active to insure security for SAMBA LAN users.

His version has been made available to the PUPPY developer and user community, here, recently.

Please don't be disappointed in my not mentioning your SAMBA-TNG you reference in your opening post. I think it is covered well in the link you reference. Works!

Hope this is helpful

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 04 Jul 2015, 06:36 Post subject:

I think that you have misread something. Samba4 Basic is NOT Samba-TNG. It is a NEW project based on Samba 4.1.9.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Mon 06 Jul 2015, 18:01 Post subject:

Pemasu's Dpups can run Samba4 Basic.

For Squeeze 5.X.3.6.2, install tahrpup-4.1.9.pet, samba4_control-1.1.pet and samba4_patch_lupu-5.2.8.pet.

For Wheezy 3.5.2.11, install samba4_basic_tahrpup-4.1.9.pet, samba4_control-1.1.pet and samba4_patch_precise-5.7.1.pet.

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rcrsn51 · Posted: Tue 07 Jul 2015, 06:12 Post subject:

Forum member rg66 has built a series of Puppies with the Xfce desktop environment. They contain Samba-TNG which is managed by the Simple File Sharing applet.

These Puppies can be upgraded to Samba4 Basic. For example, X-Slacko would require samba4_basic_tahrpup-4.1.9.pet, samba4_control-1.1.pet and samba4_patch_slacko-5.7.0.pet.

Because X-Pups keep their startup scripts in a different location than standard Puppies, there is an extra step.

1. Open the file /usr/sbin/samba4-control in a text editor.
2. At lines 51, 52 and 55 change $HOME/Startup/samba-autostart to /usr/bin/samba-autostart

From the Network menu, run Samba4 Basic Control Panel instead of Simple File Sharing.

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rcrsn51 · Posted: Tue 07 Jul 2015, 15:19 Post subject:

Peebee's family of LxPups can run Samba4 Basic. As usual, install samba4_basic_tahrpup-4.1.9.pet and samba4_control-1.1.pet. LxPupTahr will work OOTB. For older Ubuntu variants, install samba4_patch_precise-5.7.1.pet. For Slackware variants, use samba4_patch_slacko-5.7.0.pet.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Tue 07 Jul 2015, 23:51 Post subject:

TahrNOP is gray's version of Tahrpup with the Xfce desktop environment. It needs samba4_basic_tahrpup-4.1.9.pet, samba4_control-1.1.pet and samba4_patch_precise-5.7.1.pet.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 08 Jul 2015, 20:15 Post subject:

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rcrsn51 · Posted: Fri 10 Jul 2015, 07:59 Post subject:

666philb's vivid-6.5_PAE has an older version of libgnutls. So it needs samba4_basic_tahrpup-4.1.9.pet, samba4_control-1.1.pet and samba4_patch_precise-5.7.1.pet.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 11 Jul 2015, 23:06 Post subject:

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rcrsn51 · Posted: Sun 12 Jul 2015, 07:59 Post subject:

This is the Control Panel for Samba4 Basic. To make things simpler for beginners, here is a little recipe:

1. Click the Config button. It loads the configuration file /etc/samba/smb.conf into your default text editor.
2. To change the server name as seen by clients, edit Line 7. See the image below.
3. To change the share name, edit Line 13.
4. To change the path to the folder you want to share, edit Line 14.
5. To add other shares, copy and paste Lines 13-15.
6. If you mess up your configuration file, there is a backup copy in /etc/samba.
7. To add more sophisticated features to your setup, click the Help button and read the examples.
8. Also see the Handy Trick in the main notes.

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If your Puppy already has Samba built-in, you can use this Control Panel instead. You should do two things:

1. Create a "guest" account with password "guest" and no home directory.
2. Change the Samba password for "root" to something more secure than "woofwoof".

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A note about home directories: As the Samba administrator, you must pick a location for creating the home directories of Samba users. A good choice is /mnt/home/users because it is outside of Puppy's own filesystem. Make this folder now. It must be in a Linux filesystem like ext.

Suppose you are adding the new Samba user "mary". Specify her home directory path as "/mnt/home/users/mary".

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rcrsn51 · Posted: Tue 14 Jul 2015, 07:37 Post subject:

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Argolance · Posted: Sun 06 Dec 2015, 15:14 Post subject:

Bonsoir,
Great! But how to get all this work in French or other any other language than English?

Cordialement.