ksmbd-tools

Building

Install prerequisite packages:

• For Ubuntu:

  • sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool pkg-config libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libglib2.0-dev

• For Fedora, RHEL:

  • sudo yum install autoconf automake libtool glib2-devel libnl3-devel

• For CentOS:

  • sudo yum install glib2-devel libnl3-devel

• For openSUSE:

  • sudo zypper install glib2-devel libnl3-devel

Building:

• clone this repository
• cd ksmbd-tools
• ./autogen.sh
• ./configure
• make
• make install

Usage

All administration tasks must be done as root.

Setup:

• Install ksmbd kernel driver
  • modprobe ksmbd
• Create user/password for SMB share
  • mkdir /etc/ksmbd
  • ksmbd.adduser -a <username>
  • Enter password for SMB share access
• Create /etc/ksmbd/smb.conf file
  • Refer smb.conf.example
• Add share to smb.conf

  • This can be done manually or with ksmbd.addshare, e.g.:

  • ksmbd.addshare -a myshare -o "guest ok = yes, writable = yes, path = /mnt/data"

  • Note: share options (-o) must always be enclosed with double quotes ("...").

• Start ksmbd user space daemon
  • ksmbd.mountd
• Access share from Windows or Linux using CIFS

Stopping and restarting the daemon:

First, kill user and kernel space daemon

• ksmbd.control -s

Then, to restart the daemon, run:

• ksmbd.mountd

Or to shut it down completely:

• rmmod ksmbd

Debugging

• Enable all component prints
  • ksmbd.control -d "all"
• Enable a single component (see below)
  • ksmbd.control -d "smb"
• Run the command with the same component name again to disable it

Currently available debug components: smb, auth, vfs, oplock, ipc, conn, rdma

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• ksmbd.adduser

  • Adds (-a), updates (-u), or deletes (-d) a user from user database.
  • Default database file is /etc/ksmbd/users.db

• ksmbd.addshare

  • Adds (-a), updates (-u), or deletes (-d) a net share from config file.
  • Default config file is /etc/ksmbd/smb.conf

ksmbd.addshare does not modify [global] section in config file; only net share configs are supported at the moment.