How To Install samba on Rocky Linux 8
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba on Rocky Linux 8. samba is Server and Client software to interoperate with Windows machines
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba on Rocky Linux 8.
What is samba
Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix.
We can use yum or dnf to install samba on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samba.
Install samba on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install samba using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install samba
Install samba on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install samba using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install samba
How To Uninstall samba on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the samba package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove samba
samba Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/openldap/schema
/etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema
/etc/pam.d/samba
/usr/bin/smbstatus
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/788b5c09b3dd70bb240682b338e70327da5b81
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/cc712f38cbe2b8a54eab9a20b450a26aa02f2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/19bdd9e851f036ddfbfbcf0b8e5a9f3e177f97
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/bba141bb46b391b5274c8328ea6af18b742a4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/7707281b81726c023ce16bdadb398e2d65127d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/76b100fbd8ad30c298de3bec0d1963ea55c417
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/0b68ef1a211c6420593eb9ce91f2465abb69b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/15ed74c359f7b13d55165e1c256dcbcc96d6cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/c0724ca3ce03c64f805d733674053c249f3bd3
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/889326d811deee883bb1a27c3be61ed5b743c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/bed01a972867082c83ae3911ec7ef18055d8a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/0cfbb282d92342212cb77e8480cc7371ef2018
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/7265acc41b675b8ca6cfe3947a95c3acd719a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/899373b6b2e59fafa4074524d5f17fec3c303a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/b4dcc2e8445989cbb46ed7cd07898365f659cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/0ab102ed4ca017fb43d0d19621a08c4816b40d
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/060cb812bb9afd5be07c904e173e9ca21b27d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/23a06ca0ac0c0704115a03618a2c9f231c0be8
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/ca5ddced58a1e52de7f1328cec2ca71cff883c
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/732b18b24d5080a87c2ab7e1d84f17eae25964
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/f9fcbbea18530dec099dcdfba7d16f9ad856b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/114c152a4ece415ce69eddb02f3aea8ac7f2ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/f65e7e729b49f6c8956fbd7fbac03c06237c2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/18132f6ab885abb8744b4158fe6ce13b3026e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/4210a024f29d6a6994334cfcf1e9a465e7b952
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/0ae2e7eabf22003c2729c7f59d4d9f6ab4662d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/f9907d554bdd30db087c50c70dfca4b204173f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/709f2d61f4fe84e9d66f07e007a6f27dbb5d60
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/43191280ba1e11e552e8b4a0d0cd00428b5b5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/acc0700c432c9eb5ff6d872b64e7996b1ddcc1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/2289ef658d01eb4bb586290592fb772dfa2ab0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/57cbafb986c59ea9144fabfc3202a1ac560273
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/4a463d1e79e31a0d87a73dcedb9f414f02b45d
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/b6e1459352167a70d7480a95df8e48beb8e75c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/8a5254a7e9edb571b61cb67076aec4ebb5b7f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/d5cf7fe81eb8cc185fb8c1d4c4fbe2e7fab8f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/481d09a6e7e6855bcf96874dafcce02be64eb5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/b17b61eea94c216ceabce90c0ce7a801f1613c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/e4940605496ac868b0b9c0b7db34175a22ea17
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/bb45479a02576134eb4d0fd5c59ed401f2027c
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/74772d68ff58895b4cf3870420f54972116812
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/e05cecab79f1f3609fc7d410d64b21564bca04
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/ba3b1e6ab69d8b7ac2105a091cc9173bf01a22
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/b19e151f8a13c4c0ef73a02333e29f1efc7f04
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/4b4d2cd8da4150f33e3a1ce84dc51cd7e6a80e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nmb.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service
/usr/lib64/samba/auth
/usr/lib64/samba/auth/unix.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/acl_tdb.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/acl_xattr.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/aio_fork.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/aio_pthread.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/audit.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/btrfs.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/cap.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/catia.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/commit.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/crossrename.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/default_quota.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/dirsort.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/expand_msdfs.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/extd_audit.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/fake_perms.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/fileid.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/fruit.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/full_audit.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/glusterfs_fuse.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/gpfs.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/linux_xfs_sgid.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/media_harmony.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/offline.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/preopen.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/readahead.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/readonly.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/recycle.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/shadow_copy.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/shadow_copy2.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/shell_snap.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/snapper.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/streams_depot.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/streams_xattr.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/syncops.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/time_audit.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/unityed_media.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/virusfilter.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/widelinks.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/worm.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/xattr_tdb.so
/usr/sbin/eventlogadm
/usr/sbin/nmbd
/usr/sbin/smbd
/usr/share/doc/samba
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/README
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/get_next_oid
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/ol-schema-migrate.pl
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/samba-nds.schema
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/samba-schema-FDS.ldif
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/samba-schema-netscapeds5.x.README
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/samba-schema.IBMSecureWay
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/samba.ldif
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/samba.schema
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/samba.schema.at.IBM-DS
/usr/share/doc/samba/LDAP/samba.schema.oc.IBM-DS
/usr/share/doc/samba/README.downgrade
/usr/share/doc/samba/README.md
/usr/share/doc/samba/WHATSNEW.txt
/usr/share/doc/samba/autofs
/usr/share/doc/samba/autofs/auto.smb
/usr/share/doc/samba/misc
/usr/share/doc/samba/misc/adssearch.pl
/usr/share/doc/samba/misc/check_multiple_LDAP_entries.pl
/usr/share/doc/samba/misc/cldap.pl
/usr/share/doc/samba/misc/extra_smbstatus
/usr/share/doc/samba/misc/wall.perl
/usr/share/doc/samba/printer-accounting
/usr/share/doc/samba/printer-accounting/README
/usr/share/doc/samba/printer-accounting/acct-all
/usr/share/doc/samba/printer-accounting/acct-sum
/usr/share/doc/samba/printer-accounting/hp5-redir
/usr/share/doc/samba/printer-accounting/lp-acct
/usr/share/doc/samba/printer-accounting/printcap
/usr/share/doc/samba/printing
/usr/share/doc/samba/printing/VampireDriversFunctions
/usr/share/doc/samba/printing/prtpub.c
/usr/share/doc/samba/printing/readme.prtpub
/usr/share/doc/samba/printing/smbprint.sysv
/usr/share/licenses/samba
/usr/share/licenses/samba/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/smbstatus.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/eventlogadm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nmbd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_acl_tdb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_acl_xattr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_aio_fork.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_aio_pthread.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_audit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_btrfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_cap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_catia.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_commit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_crossrename.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_default_quota.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_dirsort.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_extd_audit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_fake_perms.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_fileid.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_fruit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_full_audit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_glusterfs_fuse.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_gpfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_linux_xfs_sgid.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_media_harmony.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_offline.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_preopen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_readahead.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_readonly.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_recycle.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_shadow_copy.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_shadow_copy2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_shell_snap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_snapper.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_streams_depot.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_streams_xattr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_syncops.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_time_audit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_unityed_media.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_virusfilter.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_widelinks.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_worm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_xattr_tdb.8.gz
/usr/share/samba
/usr/share/samba/mdssvc
/usr/share/samba/mdssvc/elasticsearch_mappings.json
/var/lib/samba/drivers
/var/spool/samba
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
