Solved Samba 4.x missing smb.conf.example

[JayArr]

Hi All

None of the 4.x Samba ports include a smb.conf.example file so if your installation is brand new you have nothing to start from. (Samba 3.6 did include it.)

Did I miss something? Is it called something else?

I tried to read the changelogs but saw no mention of anything relating to that file being missing and I don't know if it's just in the FreeBSD ports or if it's in all packages for all OS's.

Can I use the old 3.6 smb.conf.example as a base for Samba4.4

 

[JayArr]

Solved - sort of.

I found a smb.conf.example from 3.6 and put it into /usr/local/etc and edited it just as I did for 3.6 and almost everything worked.

A few differences for anyone coming from 3.x:

The file has to be called /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf not /usr/local/etc/smb.conf

The code for /etc/rc.conf is now

samba_server_enable="YES"

not

samba_enable="YES"

Finally - I got a lot of errors about not being able to access log files. A quick investigation shows that you need to change
/usr/local/etc/smb4.conf

From:

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

To:

log file = /var/log/samba4/log.%m

I hope this helps someone.

 

[OlivierW]

Hello,

I'm not using Samba, but it looks like you can find the sample file in: /usr/local/man/man5/smb4.conf.5.gz (Found the info here: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/net/samba44/pkg-plist?revision=429692&view=markup#l771 )

 

[JayArr]

Thanks Oliver I looked at that but it's a man page not a sample file.

 

[OlivierW]

Sorry, my mistake.
I think I found an example, straight from Samba 4.4's source repository: https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;...es/smb.conf.default;hb=refs/heads/v4-4-stable

 

[Bluey]

Up to a least samba 4.12, smb4.conf:
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;...s/smb.conf.default;hb=refs/heads/v4-12-stable

Log file location still generates errors.
log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m

Appears better with log file = /var/log/samba4/log.%m from https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/samba-4-x-missing-smb-conf-example.59658/post-342277

and # service samba_server onerestart

 

[bgroper]

Once upon a time Samba was packaged and supplied with sample smb.conf file/s.
Since 4.x something, the configuration file has become a strictly roll-your-own topic.
Each Samba administrator can now choose their own adventure.

Thanks for the tips in this thread above, and pointer to git repo containing a sample smb4.conf.