Difference between revisions of "Samba/files"

Latest revision as of 15:10, 16 September 2024

files used by Samba

at least on Ubuntu

smb.conf: the Samba configuration file
smbusers: the Samba users file - seems to be only for earlier versions; now replaced with more structured storage

/etc/samba/
- ...smb.conf: the Samba configuration file
- ...gdbcommands: very short file, no idea what it does
/run/samba: seems to be runtime data?
/sbin/ is a symbolic link to /usr/sbin/.
/usr/bin/: general binary folder, including the following Samba executables:
- ...smb2-quota
- ...smbcacls
- ...smbclient
- ...smbcontrol
- ...smbcquotas
- ...smbget
- ...smbinfo
- ...smbpasswd
- ...smbspool
- ...smbstatus
- ...smbtar
- ...smbtree
/usr/sbin/: system binary folder, including the following Samba executables (which are probably for internal use only):
- ...samba
- ...samba_dnsupdate
- ...samba_downgrade_db
- ...samba-gpupdate
- ...samba_kcc
- ...samba_spnupdate
- ...samba_upgradedns
/usr/share/samba/: seems to be setup and executable data
- ...smb.conf: a sample, not actual config
/var/lib/samba/
- ...private/
  - ...passdb.tdb: presumably, the password database
  - ...secrets.tdb
- ...usershares/: every share has its own text-file for configuration
/var/log/samba/: where the logfiles go
- ...log.<name>: log of access attempts from remote machine named <name>
- ...log.<IP address>: log of access attempts from <IP address> (not sure if this excludes named machines or duplicates the same log entries)

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 ==known config files==
 * '''[[smb.conf]]''': the Samba configuration file
-* '''[[smbusers]]''': the Samba users file
+* '''[[smbusers]]''': the Samba users file - seems to be only for earlier versions; now replaced with more structured storage
-** I currently don't know where this is kept.
 ==file structure==
 * '''/etc/samba/'''
 ** ...'''[[smb.conf]]''': the Samba configuration file
 ** ...'''gdbcommands''': very short file, no idea what it does
-* '''/usr/share/samba/''': seems to be setup and executable data
-** ...'''[[smb.conf]]''': a sample, not actual config
 * '''/run/samba''': seems to be runtime data?
 * '''/sbin/''' is a symbolic link to '''/usr/sbin/'''.
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 ** ...'''samba_spnupdate'''
 ** ...'''samba_upgradedns'''
+* '''/usr/share/samba/''': seems to be setup and executable data
+** ...'''[[smb.conf]]''': a sample, not actual config
+* '''/var/lib/samba/'''
+** ...'''private/'''
+*** ...'''passdb.tdb''': presumably, the password database
+*** ...'''secrets.tdb'''
+** ...'''usershares/''': every share has its own text-file for configuration
+* '''/var/log/samba/''': where the logfiles go
+** ...'''log.{{fmt/arg|name}}''': log of access attempts from remote machine named {{fmt/arg|name}}
+** ...'''log.{{fmt/arg|IP address}}''': log of access attempts from {{fmt/arg|IP address}} (not sure if this excludes named machines or duplicates the same log entries)