

I hope this article will help to configure samba server on Linux/UNIX systems. Keep on samba service on during booting time, samba service will start if server restarted. Execute the below command for syntax check for smb.conf file.
#COLINUX SAMBA PASSWORD#
Set the password for above users, password is stored in ” /etc/samba/smbpasswd ” file. So that users can access this samba share remotely.

valid users : Specifies which user is having access on this folder.path : Location of shared folder, this is used to specific which folder you want to share.


server string : Name of this samba server search, Here that name is Linux-Share.When windows user try to access any network resource they first try to access my network place and then search for workgroup then to server. Workgroup : Where this server belongs.After installing samba server, configure it using it’s main configuration file “ /etc/samba/smb.conf“.
#COLINUX SAMBA INSTALL#
On Ubuntu/Debian $sudo apt-get install samba On RHEL/Fedora/CentOS # yum install samba Now you will need to install Samba server on system. First you will need to create a directory where you want to keep data and share with other remote system such as Solaris,Windows, UNIX etc.
#COLINUX SAMBA HOW TO#
Suggested Read: How to Mount & Unmount Filesystem/Partition in Linux/UNIX
