Samba file sharing on Solaris

Notes about Samba Client and Server on Solaris

### Samba client##

1. smbtree -network neighborhood text utility, enumerates workgroups, hosts, shares
smbtree -b   - relies upon broadcasts for resolutions workgroups/hosts
smbtree -D  - echoes discovered workgroups using broadcast/master browser
2. smbclient  - allows to connect to the share
smbclient service_name(//hostname/sharename)
smbclient -U username //hostname/sharename  - connect with username

smbclient -L servername  - enumerates the shares of the server
smbclient -A ./.smbpasswd //servername/sharename

.smbpasswd includes:
username=unixcbt
password=abc123

smbtar -faciliates backups of remote shares
smbtar -s servername -x sharename -t sharename.tar



### samba server ###

smbd  - files & print sharing
 SMB - TCP 139
 CIFS - TCP 445
nmbd - handles netbios names using primarily UDP connectivity
 UDP 137 & 138

/etc/passwd
/etc/sfw/smbpasswd  - handles translation of windows auth to unix
/etc/sfw/smbusers   - translation between unix & windows users