How to configure samba in linux

Posted on August 3, 2008

1.Check if samba service is installed on your workstation or server with below command.

[root@host1 release]# rpm -qa |grep samba
samba-3.0.25b-0.4E.6
samba-common-3.0.25b-0.4E.6
samba-client-3.0.25b-0.4E.6
system-config-samba-1.2.21-1.el4.1
samba-common-3.0.25b-0.4E.6
samba-swat-3.0.25b-0.4E.6

2.Modify file /etc/samba/smb.conf to add the sharing entry.eg:

[root@host1 ~]# tail /etc/samba/smb.conf

#Added /release,requested by Jason
[public]
comment = Public
path = /release
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no

3.Add samba accounts for users using command smbpasswd

[root@host1 ~]# smbpasswd -a jason
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:

4.Finished.User can access the /public dir on host1

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