How to Install and Configure Samba with CentrifyDC-adbindproxy

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Audience

staff 

 

Overview

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing Samba and CentrifyDC-adbindproxy on a Linux server. It covers the installation process, running the adbindproxy.pl script, setting up a test share, and configuring Samba shares in smb.conf

 

Installing Samba with CentrifyDC-adbindproxy

 

Enviromental Context 

The installation requires Samba and CentrifyDC-adbindproxy.
CentrifyDC-adbindproxy is installed from the @University_of_Pittsburgh_Delinea_Centrify_Centrify repository.
The adbindproxy.pl script is used to configure smb.conf.


Install Samba and Winbind

you can install Samba and windind you can use following command:

sudo yum install -y samba samba-winbind
 

Install CentrifyDC-adbindproxy

Install CentrifyDC-adbindproxy from the required repository for that you can use the following command:

sudo yum install -y CentrifyDC-adbindproxy --enablerepo=University_of_Pittsburgh_Delinea_Centrify_Centrify
 

Run the adbindproxy.pl Script

Execute the script​​​​​​​ /usr/share/centrifydc/bin/adbindproxy.pl --
When prompted for the Samba path, enter: /usr/
Accept all other defaults.

Verify Samba Test Share

The script creates a /samba-test share for testing purposes​​​​​​​

Configure Samba Shares

Modify smb.conf to configure the required shares.

 

Feedback and Concerns:

If you have any feedback regarding this article, please reach out to hsitkb@pitt.edu.  You can also leave a comment below as well.