Installing and configuring samba server

[carlosferns]

First installed rpm of samba

after installing samba it will get install in /etc folder ie /etc/samba

there will be files like smb.conf,smbpasswd,smbusers n lmhosts

in smb.conf is main file fine tune the setting according to your use

1) # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
workgroup = WORKGROUP

2) [matrix]
comment = Matrix’s Service
path = /backup1
valid users = matrix
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no


then uncomment if you dont want printer sharing

then create user smbpasswd -a matrix n then it will prompt for passwd.

n it will create passwd file.

to test run testparm

enable it from ntsysv.

and restart /etc/init.d/smb restart

[scorcinhot]

hi there dude, samba server, never came across that name before, care to tell us more about this server like who uses it? is it the same like other types of servers out therE? if not, how different are they?