Samba uses /etc/samba/smb.conf as its configuration
file. If you change this configuration file, the changes will not take
effect until you restart the Samba daemon with the command
service smb restart.
The default configuration file (smb.conf) in Red Hat Linux
7.2 allows users to view their Linux home directories as a Samba
share on the Windows machine after they log in using the same username
and password. It also shares any printers configured for the Red Hat Linux
system as Samba shared printers. In other words, you can attach a
printer to your Red Hat Linux system and print to it from the Windows machines
on your network.
To specify the Windows workgroup and description string, edit the
following lines in your smb.conf file:
workgroup = WORKGROUPNAME
server string = BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT SERVER |
Replace WORKGROUPNAME with the name of the
Windows workgroup to which this machine should belong. The
BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT SERVER is optional and
will be the Windows comment about the Samba system.
To create a Samba share directory on your Linux system, add the
following section to your smb.conf file (after
modifying it to reflect your needs and your system):
[sharename]
comment = Insert a comment here
path = /home/share/
valid users = tfox carole
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765 |
The above example allows the users tfox and carole to read and write to
the directory /home/share, on the Samba server,
from a Samba client.
