Samba installation & configuration

Installation:   

1. Command to run in the terminal window (using yum on CentOS and Fedora) "yum install samba" 
2. Installing Samba (using rpm)
   
   • Obtain Samba rpm from rhn.redhat.com 
   • rpm -ivh samba*.rpm  
   
   

Configuring Samba:
cd /etc/samba
mv smb.conf smb.conf.backup 
vi smb.conf 

Paste content below into your vi file:

[global]
workgroup = wrkgrp
netbios name = smbserver
security = SHARE
load printers = No
default service = global
path = /home
available = No
encrypt passwords = yes
[share]
writeable = yes
admin users = smbuser
path = /home/share
force user = root
valid users = smbuser
public = yes
available = yes

save and exit  
Add unix account by typing in terminal window "adduser smbuser"
Set the password for the same "passwd smbuser"
Now create same user account on samba by typing 
"smbpasswd -a smbuse"
Restart the samba service by typing 
"/etc/init.d/smb restart"
Now let us setup drive letter on our Windows so we can easily access these files.
Start -> run -> cmd
At the prompt type:
net use z: \\ip_of_your_samba_server\share /user: smbuser password_you_assigned
At this point you have successfully set up Samba under Linux and are now successfully connected to your share from your Windows machine.