Home Networking With HALNet ADSL

A PDC is a great way to keep track of Windows computers. You can configure individual user accounts with their own home directories so that they may store files in a separate and secure location from other users'. This section is written with the assumption that you know how to get around in some form of UNIX variant. Most major distributions of UNIX-like operating systems come with Samba in some form of easily installed package. For more information on Samba, please visit www.samba.org.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR XP & 2K USERS:
Windows XP Home does NOT support domain logins, so don't bother.
XP Pro and 2K machines need their own account on the server called $computername or they will not authenticate.
Please consult the documentation on the Samba site for more details. This is an example of my smb.conf from "Sparky" (Sparc Station II running NetBSD 1.6). It is configured to act as a Primary Domain Controller serving a local Windows domain "mydomain":


## Global Settings

[global]



        workgroup = mydomain

        server string = Samba on Sparky

        annouce as = NT Server

        hostsallow = 192.168.1. 127.0.0.1	     # This is where you define what computers and network subnets can access the domain.

        log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m

        max log size = 50

        security = USER

        socket options = TCP_NODELAY

        netbios name = sparky			     # Its NetBIOS Name.

        announce as = NT Server

        domain admin group = @wheel

        domain guest group = ipc$ nobody @guest

        domain logons = yes			     # Domain authentication done here?

        domain master = yes			     # PDC (primary) or BDC (backup)?

        preferred master = yes

        local master = yes

        os level = 64 

        dns proxy = yes 





## Passwords & Authentication



        password server = sparky		     # Where are the passwords?

        encrypt passwords = yes			     # This is required for XP/2K



## Login Scripts (if you want to use them)



        ; logon script = %m.bat

        ; logon script = %U.bat

        ; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U

        ; logon home = \\%L\%U

        ; logon drive = H:



## Share Definitions



[homes]

        comment = Home Directories

        browseable = yes

        writable = yes

        valid users = %S



[download]

        comment = Download on Sparky

        browseable = yes

        writeable = yes

        valid users = root bishop steph		     # Who can access this share?

        path = /download



[netlogon]

        comment = Network Logon Service

        path = /usr/pkg/share/samba/lib/netlogon

        guest ok = yes

        writable = no

        share modes = no



[tmp]

        comment = Temporary file space

        path = /tmp

        read only = no

        public = yes


     NOTE: There must be a UN*X user account (does NOT have to have shell access) before you can create one for Samba.  Run "smbpasswd -a username" to create a Windows network login for the UN*X user username.





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