Authentication on a Home Server

rsnfunky · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 101

Hi All, I have made a home NAS server out of an old PC.

Server: Gentoo Machine having Samba and NFS

Clients:
1) Windows PCs and Laptops
2) Gentoo PC
3) TV
4) Android Mobiles

Issue:
1) When implemneting NAS the clients can only access data if logged in from root account. I read that the uid on clinet machine and server needs to be the same. How does one do that. (if one needs to implement OpenLdap its an overkill - Any easy way to do it)

2) On windows machine only 1 user can access the sambe shares. How to create more users / share different directoroes on different user names

3) How to share files to the mobiles on home wifi?

madchaz · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 10:04 pm Post subject:

1) smbpasswd is your friend. use it to provide samba access. Use samba instead of NFS for all clients, including android and tv. Make sure permisions allow users to access files.
2) Open /etc/samba/smb.conf with nano and go nuts
3) samba, the 2 above and you need a samba/cifs client on your mobile
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