====Samba Administration====
>>==See Also==
~- [[Servers Starcrunch Server]]>>

===Process Control===

**Restarting Samba**
%%/usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba restart%%

**Disconnecting a Specific User**
!) Find out that user's PID. 
%%smbstatus | grep <username>%%

You're looking for something that looks like the following.  THe number all the way on the left is the PID.
%%60096   mike          mike          MachineName (192.168.255.XX)%%

2) Kill the PID
%%kill <PID>%%

===Users===

**New domain users**
1) Samba needs a user (should be locked with no shell, and in appropriate groups)
%%adduser --disabled-password --disabled-login --no-create-home --shell /bin/false username%%

2) Add user to samba password file
%%smbpasswd -a <username>%%

**Viewing Account Details**

To view samba account details.
%%pdbedit -v -u <username>%%

To see what groups the user is a member of.
%%id <username>%%

Too see who is logged on to Samba.
%%smbstatus -b%%

**Deleting users**
%%rmuser -y <username>
smbpasswd -x <username>%%

**Adding Unix Groups**
Grab your favorite text editor and edit {{color c="blue" text="/etc/group"}} **OR**
%%pw groupadd <group>%%

**Adding Users to Groups**
Grab your favorite text editor and add them to the proper line in {{color c="blue" text="/etc/group"}}.

**Login Script**
{{color c="blue" text="/usr/home/netlogin/logon.bat"}} maps network drives and syncs workstation time to starcrunch's time.

**{{color c="red" text="Note"}}** At this time(5/31/2007), the login script does not run on every machine or for every user.  It is still being investigated.

===Machines===

**New Win 2K/NT workstations**
To join domain, machine accounts need to be created on PDC with empty passwords.  Machine accounts end in '$'.
%%smbpasswd -a <machine>$
smbpasswd -a -m <machine>$%%

===File Permissions===

**Changing the Owner**
%%chown <user>:<group> <file>%%

**Setting Access Permissions**
Where each * stands for a number 1 through 7.

%%chmod *** <file>%%

7 = rwx
6 = rw-
5 = r-x
4 = r--

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