Samba Cookbook

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Installs and configures Samba client or server.

Maintainers

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Requirements

Platforms

Debian / Ubuntu derivatives
RedHat and derivatives

Chef

Chef 15.3+

Known Limitations

Does not integrate with LDAP/AD.
Uses plaintext passwords for the user resource to create the SMB users if the password backend is tdbsam or smbpasswd. See below under usage.
Creates & manages the system user. The creation of the user is the trigger for smbpasswd.

Resources

Contributors

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Backers

Thank you to all our backers!