OpenSolaris 2008.11 has a cifs/smb server built into the kernel. From what i have been reading (and discovering) this is a much more efficient and faster way to get your files out into the network.
The dedicated samba service is called;
svc:/network/samba:default
The new kernel embedded solaris smb/cifs service is called;
svc:/network/smb/server:default
If you do not have it running or installed you’ll need to add the following packages (use package manager);
SUNWsmbs
SUNWsmbskr
Update : both these packages are called SUNWsmbfs in newer builds
Enable the service via “services” gui else use the svcadm command;
svcadm enable svc:/network/smb/server:default
This is a great page on how to do a basic cifs setup http://blogs.sun.com/timthomas/entry/solaris_cifs_in_workgroup_mode
I just need to find a bit more detail on how to configure access to the shares (update: see below). In another post i made previously using samba it was easy enough to restrict guests to read only while giving some users rw access… I’m also interested in whether its possible to backup or manually configure the cifs server via any config file? Still looking into this one.
First step is to disable the samba service and enable the solaris smb/cifs service;
svcadm disable network/samba
svcadm enable -r smb/server – the “r” switch also enables all services that smb requires.
The next step is to add the following line to your /etc/pam.conf file. This is so future changes to passwords also update the smb password file;
other password required pam_smb_passwd.so.1 nowarn
now set the name of the workgroup…
smbadm join -w workgroup
now setup your users (you have to reset your current passwords to update the password file above). I usually create and use a “Guest” account to keep some windows boxes happy. I set the guest account password to blank…
useradd guest
passwd guest – then enter twice to enter a blank password
Next its time to setup the actual shares. If you have a zfs pool setup (you most likey do if you are running opensolaris) then you can share your data via the zfs command like so…. (i have a “backups” zfs file system within a “unprotected” zpool)
zfs set sharesmb=on unprotected/backups
Unfortunately this creates a share called “unprotected_backups” which can be seen via the sharemgr show -vp command. To rename the share to something more appropriate do the following…
zfs set sharesmb=name=backups unprotected/backups
All going well the share should now be called “backups”, if you have both the old and new name listed restart the smb server : svcadm restart smb/server
From your windows machine you should be able to browse to your share via \\servername\backups, if you get a prompt then type “guest” and press enter. Here is an example of a quick and easy way to mount drives via an XP commandline…
net use * \\serverip\backups /user:guest
Update: i have figured out the ACLs for cifs — See this Post