Samba/files

files used by Samba at least on Ubuntu

known config files

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

file structure

• /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)