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## Requirements
SELinux is expected to be running and the firewall should be active.
- SELinux is expected to be running
- The firewall should be active
- Samba users should already exist as system users
You can take a look at role [bertvv.el7](https://galaxy.ansible.com/list#/roles/2305) that does all this and more.
## Role Variables
| Variable | Required | Default | Comments (type) |
| Variable | Required | Default | Comments |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `role_var` | no | - | (scalar) PURPOSE |
| `samba_create_varwww_symlinks` | no | - | When this is set to `yes`, symlinks are created in `/var/www/html` to the shares. |
| `samba_load_homes` | no | no | Make user home directories accessible. |
| `samba_load_printers` | no | no | Make printers accessible. |
| `samba_log` | no | - | Set the log file. If left undefined, logging is done through syslog. |
| `samba_log_size` | no | 5000 | Set the maximum size of the log file. |
| `samba_map_to_guest` | no | `bad user` | Behaviour when unregistered users access the shares. |
| `samba_netbios_name` | yes | - | The NetBIOS name of this server. |
| `samba_passdb_backend` | no | `tdbsam` | Password database backend. |
| `samba_security` | no | `user` | Samba security setting |
| `samba_server_string` | no | `fileserver %m` | Comment string for the server. |
| `samba_shares` | no | - | List of dicts containing share definitions. See below for details. |
| `samba_shares_root` | no | `/srv/shares` | Directories for the shares are created under this directory. |
| `samba_users` | no | - | List of dicts defining users that can access shares. |
| `samba_workgroup` | no | `WORKGROUP` | Name of the server workgroup. |
### Defining users
In order to allow users to access the shares, they need to get a password specifically for Samba:
```Yaml
samba_users:
- name: alice
password: ecila
- name: bob
password: bob
- name: charlie
password: eilrahc
```
Unfortunately, passwords have to be in plain text for now.
### Defining shares
## Dependencies