Using Samba, Second Edition

Testing the Samba Daemons

We’re nearly done with the Samba server setup. All that’s left to do is to make sure everything is working as we think it should. A convenient way to do this is to use the smbclient program to examine what the server is offering to the network. If everything is set up properly, you should be able to do the following:

# /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient -U% -L localhost
added interface ip=172.16.1.1 bcast=172.16.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Domain=[METRAN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.6]

        Sharename      Type      Comment
        ---------      ----      -------
        test           Disk      For testing only, please
        IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (Samba 2.2.6)
        ADMIN$         Disk      IPC Service (Samba 2.2.6)
        
        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------
        TOLTEC               Samba 2.2.6 on toltec

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        METRAN               TOLTEC

If there is a problem, don’t panic! Try to start the daemons manually, and check the system output or the debug files at /usr/local/samba/var/log.smb to see if you can determine what happened. If you think it might be a more serious problem, skip to Chapter 12 for help on troubleshooting the Samba daemons.

If it worked, congratulations! You now have successfully set up the Samba server with a disk share. It’s a simple one, but we can use it to set up and test the Windows 95/98/Me and NT/2000/XP clients in the next chapter. Then we will start making it more interesting by adding services such as home directories, printers, and security, and by seeing how to integrate the server into a larger Windows domain.