5File sharing services

• 5.1Configuring and Managing Samba

  Learn to configure and manage Samba for sharing files and printers with Windows clients: the /etc/samba/smb.conf configuration file, the roles of the smbd, nmbd, and winbindd daemons, syntax validation with testparm, managing Samba users with smbpasswd, operational monitoring with smbstatus and smbcontrol, client-side operations and AD integration via smbclient, net, and samba-tool, and user mapping plus ACL management with getfacl/setfacl.

• 5.2Configuring and Managing an NFS Server

  Learn to configure and manage NFS for sharing filesystems among Unix/Linux clients: the export definition file /etc/exports, applying it with exportfs, checking exports from a client with showmount, monitoring activity with nfsstat, checking RPC services with rpcinfo, the roles of mountd and the portmapper, and mount options plus persistence/verification via /etc/fstab and /proc/mounts.