Why update?
Updating the samba server is done in order to increase transfer speeds for the samba network shares (the normal network shares accessable from Windows).
Silver Knight claimed these increases:
Upload to mybook: 3.5 MB/s -> 5 MB/s
Download from mybook: 4 MB/s -> 7 MB/s
I have not made a structured measurement myself, but also noticed an increase in transfer speeds.
Beware! Please note that you will not be able to manage shares and users from the web interface after this update (but it is easy to revert back to the old version after update).
1. Install updated samba version
… and the required lib "libiconv":
# ipkg update
# ipkg install samba libiconv
This will install several other libs that are required by samba as well.
It will take a couple of minutes…
Don't forget to run:
# ldconfig
if you don't run LDSO_RUNPATH-enabled firmware.
2. Configure mybook to use the updated version of samba
Edit /etc/init.d/samba.sh
First make a backup of /etc/init.d/samba.sh:
# cp /etc/init.d/samba.sh /etc/init.d/samba.sh.bak
… then open it.
Find the following line:
/usr/local/samba/sbin/nmbd -D -s/etc/smb.conf -l${LOGS} -d0
… and change it to this:
/opt/sbin/nmbd -D -s/opt/etc/samba/smb.conf -l${LOGS} -d0
Edit /etc/inetd.conf
First make a backup of /etc/inetd.conf:
# cp /etc/inetd.conf /etc/inetd.conf.bak
… then open it.
Find the following line:
netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd smbd -s/etc/smb.conf -l/var/log -d0
… and change it to this:
netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /opt/sbin/smbd smbd -s/opt/etc/samba/smb.conf -l/var/log -d0
Edit /etc/init.d/update_network_config.sh
First make a backup of /etc/init.d/update_network_config.sh:
# cd /etc/init.d
# cp update_network_config.sh update_network_config.sh.bak
… then open it.
Find the following line:
SMBconf="/etc/smb.conf"
… and change it to this:
SMBconf="/opt/etc/samba/smb.conf"
Make sure the newly installed samba is not started any by /opt/etc/init.d/S08samba
mv /opt/etc/init.d/S08samba /opt/etc/init.d/xS08samba
3. Configure samba
Copy the original samba config file to the new location:
# cp /etc/smb.conf /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf
Migrate samba users to the new user database:
pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/var/private/smbpasswd
4. Reboot
# reboot
More info about samba configurations in the smb.conf file
See here: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html
User Management
I (shogyn) was not able to manage users from the web interface after this upgrade, so you will have to do it from the command line.
Add user
1. Add the user to the system:
adduser USERNAME
2. Add the user to samba
smbpasswd -a USERNAME
3. Add shares permissions
They can be either in the smb.conf file or in a file included in the smb.conf.
It looks something similar to this:
[PUBLIC]
path=/shares/internal/PUBLIC
force user=www-data
valid users=www-data JEREMIA ADMIN MARIA MAPPED_DRIVE
write list=www-data JEREMIA ADMIN MARIA MAPPED_DRIVE
guest ok=no
[PUBLIC] specifies the name of the share.
You will have to add your user to valid users and optionally also to write list (if you want the new user to have write access).
When I open my smb.conf: nano /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf,
I have the following line specifying another file with the shares settings to include in the config: include=/var/oxsemi/shares.inc
(I have noticed that other users does not have the same configuration by default.)
So I edit /var/oxsemi/shares.inc to manage my shares config.
Change password
smbpasswd USERNAME
Delete user
smbpasswd -x USERNAME
Troubleshooting
Please see this forum thread for troubleshooting: http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum/t-219027/
