Friday, February 15, 2008
Samba - Installation & Configuration
Keyword: Samba, Linux, Ubuntu, Redhat, Fedora, Samba, Installation, SMBD, NMBD, Service, Configuration, Samba Installation & Configuration
Samba: Samba is an easy to install and use tool. Using Samba, you can setup network shares for chosen Unix directories, so that these shall appear to Microsoft Windows users as normal Windows folders accessible through the network.
Samba: Samba is an easy to install and use tool. Using Samba, you can setup network shares for chosen Unix directories, so that these shall appear to Microsoft Windows users as normal Windows folders accessible through the network.
The following Installation Manual to guide Samba installation & configuration.
Installing & Configuring Samba Package
Step 1: Untar the samba source package.
Step 2: Execute "./configure".
Step 3: Execute "make".
Step 4: Execute "make install". This command will create a live package in "/usr/local/samba"
Step 5: create a file "/usr/local/samba/smb" and paste the following contents
Step 2: Execute "./configure".
Step 3: Execute "make".
Step 4: Execute "make install". This command will create a live package in "/usr/local/samba"
Step 5: create a file "/usr/local/samba/smb" and paste the following contents
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D
/usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd -D
/usr/local/samba/sbin/nmbd -D
Step 5A: Execute "chmod a+x /usr/local/samba/smb" to give appropriate permissions to the file.
Step 5B: Execute "/usr/local/samba/smb" to start SMBD & NMBD services.
Step 6: Execute "/usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd -a
Step 7: Go to any windows client machine and try "\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".
Adding a new Share
Step 1: open "/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf" (create a new file, if not exists) and paste the following contents and modify it to your need.
[sharename]
comment = Testing
path = /path/to/share/folder valid
users = user1 user2 user3 usern
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765
Step 2: Execute "/usr/local/samba/smb" to start(restart) SMBD & NMBD services.
Step 3: Go to any windows client machine and try "\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\sharename".
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