Samba

Configuration of Samba Web Server

          Samba use the Simple Mail Protocol (SMP) to share files & printer across a network connection. SAMBA is useful if you have a network of both Windows and Linux machine SAMBA allow file & printers shared by all the systems in a network to share files between Linux machine NFS is used while to share file & printers between Linux & Window. Samba used CISF share. CISF (Common Interface File System) is a file system and protocol.

            Configuration File: The default configuration files allow user to view their home directories as a SAMBA share. It also shares all printers configured for the system as samba share printers.

1.    /etc/samba/smb.conf

2.    /etc/samba/smbpasswd           (Samba user’s passwd file)

Services:

1.    smb

# yum install system-config-samba      (Install 2 required packages of Samba)

1.    system-config-samba

2.    samba

# system-config-samba                         (For graphically configuration)

# chkconfig - -list smb

# chkconfig smb on

            Add user for samba access if does not user exist.

# smbpasswd –a <user_name>            (Enter samba user’s password twice)

# service smb restart

Windows Side:

            Go to the Windows system > Go to Run and enter “\\<IP of UNIX system>”

            \\192.168.1.3

            Enter Samba user name

            Enter Samba user’s password