Identity

Daemons: smbd.service (file/print sharing), nmbd.service (NetBIOS name service), winbindd.service (AD/domain integration)
Config: /etc/samba/smb.conf
Samba password DB: /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb
Logs: journalctl -u smbd, /var/log/samba/log.smbd, /var/log/samba/log.nmbd
Distro install: apt install samba / dnf install samba

Key Operations

Task	Command
Status: smbd	`systemctl status smbd`
Status: nmbd	`systemctl status nmbd`
Test config syntax	`testparm`
Test config (quiet, show effective values)	`testparm -s`
List shares on local server	`smbclient -L localhost -U%`
List shares on remote server	`smbclient -L //server -U username`
Add Samba user (must be an existing Linux user)	`sudo smbpasswd -a username`
Change Samba password for user	`sudo smbpasswd username`