Author Topic: Samba (Read 7430 times)

shani · « **on:** December 29, 2004, 03:33:58 PM »

Hi everyone!

i want to access my linux box from windows
so i need to configure the samba

please tell me the easiest configuration for samba so that
i can share my one floder of linux i.e (tmp) in which i can put any docment from window to linux box

kindly tell me simple configuration

thanks

Best regard

shani

roxyboby · « **Reply #1 on:** December 29, 2004, 06:49:15 PM »

Hi! shani. have u tried the webmin tool. it's a cool tool to configure a lot of servers on linux without even knowing the configs. Try it out. in the meantime pls let me know which distro of linux you are using!!!

shani · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2004, 10:06:05 AM »

i am using Red hat linux 8.0

i used webmin but i want confiure it through shell (config file)

can you help me?

thanks for your reply

regard
akmal

dragoncity99 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 31, 2004, 01:54:15 PM »

No, pal. U dont do that. U should just go to /etc/smb.conf and change the smb.conf file.

Open ur favorite editor and uncomment the [tmp] share section. I mean remove those # signs and that's it.
Restart ur samba:

type: service smb restart

and that's it.

shani · « **Reply #4 on:** January 06, 2005, 01:37:53 PM »

Thanks Dragoncity
i have done that
bye

voltage1i · « **Reply #5 on:** September 20, 2005, 05:20:10 AM »

open the configuration file

1 vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
2. go to the lastline.Type the following
3 [smb] - general share name

comment = any thing
valid users = username
writable = yes
public = yes

ESC :wq

smbpasswd -a username

service smb restart

go the another linux machine type the following

//severip(shared machine ip)/sharename -U username

gauravbajaj · « **Reply #6 on:** September 20, 2005, 05:43:12 AM »

Hi Shani

Follow this link:

siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-hn/samba.htm

Gaurav