Share Files With Samba

I've been asking along this week , how to set a authentication prompt on windows 2000 professional , because i'm trying to create a secure file sharing cpu. Well... i remembered that linux is very great in stability and secure. I've downloaded and installed Mandriva 10.1 because he already brings Samba package, but i cant get him inside my workgroup, because he creates a defautl work group "mdkworkgroup" something like that. I'm not very expert in linux systems but i know that he can be configurated to Serv Files Sharing ( Only ). I know there are alots of diffrent linux distributions but i dont know witch is better to set up a server. I'm asking to you know witch distribution you recommend to this particular job. Its important to say that all my network computers are windows. thks.

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I'd written a detailed article on creating a SAMBA based WorkGroup on Linux and make it act as a Windows Domain, allowing Windows machines to log onto that domain and share files...

In effect you create users on the Linux server - and Windows users can remotely connect to your server by directly logging in onto their desktop using the username/password you used to create their Linux server accounts...

If this approach is followed, their /home/username folder on the Linux server becomes directly accessible as an extra drive on their windows desktop and can be written/read only by the account-holder.

Similarly, you can set a specific folder as open share - which becomes available to everyone...

Read the article here: Howto: Setup Windows NT/2K Domain Using SAMBA

If you've got any questions post back here or in the original thread and I'll try to reply to my best knowledge..

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Firstly create the Directory you want to share.
1. #mkdir /share

give the directory the permission of the others users too.

2. #chmod 777 /share

3. add the users who are able to access the directory

#useradd -s /bin/false xyz

4. for giving password use command

#smbpasswd -a xyz

5. Now go to the file smb.conf as

#vi /etc/samba/smb.conf


6. go to the bottom of the file, there will be entries as

[share]

comment = the comment can be anything
path = where the folder is
valid users = whom to give the permission
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
browsable = yes

If you want everyone to access the share then put 'yes' in the public field.

8.Start the SAMBA service by using the command

#service smb restart

9. now check the SAMBA share by using the command

#smbclient -L IP Address -N

there is one more command to check the configuration error as

#testparm

 

 

 

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