How To Install samba.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. samba.x86_64 is Server and Client software to interoperate with Windows machines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `samba.x86_64`

Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix.

We can use yum to install samba.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samba.x86_64.

Install samba.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install samba.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samba.x86_64

How To Uninstall samba.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the samba.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove samba.x86_64

samba.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/openldap/schema
/etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema
/etc/pam.d/samba
/usr/bin/smbstatus
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nmb.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service
/usr/lib64/samba/auth
/usr/lib64/samba/auth/script.so
/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/linux_xfs_sgid.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/media_harmony.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/netatalk.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/worm.so
/usr/lib64/samba/vfs/xattr_tdb.so
/usr/sbin/eventlogadm
/usr/sbin/nmbd
/usr/sbin/smbd
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/README
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/get_next_oid
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/ol-schema-migrate.pl
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/samba-nds.schema
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/samba-schema-FDS.ldif
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/samba-schema-netscapeds5.x.README
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/samba-schema.IBMSecureWay
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/samba.ldif
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/samba.schema
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/samba.schema.at.IBM-DS
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/LDAP/samba.schema.oc.IBM-DS
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/README.downgrade
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/README.md
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/WHATSNEW.txt
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/autofs
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/autofs/auto.smb
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/misc
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/misc/adssearch.pl
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/misc/check_multiple_LDAP_entries.pl
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/misc/cldap.pl
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/misc/extra_smbstatus
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/misc/wall.perl
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printer-accounting
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printer-accounting/README
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printer-accounting/acct-all
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printer-accounting/acct-sum
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printer-accounting/hp5-redir
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printer-accounting/lp-acct
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printer-accounting/printcap
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printing
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printing/VampireDriversFunctions
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printing/prtpub.c
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printing/readme.prtpub
/usr/share/doc/samba-4.10.16/printing/smbprint.sysv
/usr/share/licenses/samba-4.10.16
/usr/share/licenses/samba-4.10.16/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_linux_xfs_sgid.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_media_harmony.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_netatalk.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_worm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vfs_xattr_tdb.8.gz
/var/lib/samba/drivers
/var/spool/samba

References

samba.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.