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1. install winbind 2. install gadmin-samba or use the software manager

this is what u wanna edit to ur needs
under the tab servers host name
1. the servers host name = what ever name u want
2. allowed hosts & networks = this shoud be ur ip range with subnet EG. 10.42.0.1/8
3. handle connections on = this shoud be ur ip EG. 10.42.0.1
4. announce this server to = ur broadcast ip EG. 10.42.0.255
5. retrieve announcements fro - ur broadcast ip EG. 10.42.0.255

& dont change enything els .. default is good for most of us uless u r configuring samba s a domain

and click apply


& to add users
under users tab
1.click new user
2.give a user name
3. give a password ( must b 6 digits )
4. give group
Note if the user allready exist on the system dont need to give group, home, & shell
if its a new user group=nobody, home & shell=/dev/null
and click apply

to share folders
under shares tab
1. new share
2.shared directory(u can brows using shared directory button)
3 share name

other options as u like and click add
if u want to edit a share .. just select the share & edit what ever u want & click apply

when all is done try to log in from a windows PC or a linux PC & if u cant log in usin server name add the server name to /etc/hosts file

pictures of my configuration is given bellow

I think it's rude to interfere with someone else's HowTo but I'd just like to offer the following precaution:

Prior to it's use I would suggest making a backup copy of your current smb.conf: gadmin-samba makes it's own backup but I don't trust it.

You can always remove winbind and restore the backup to bring yourself back to the factory settings. And if it's too late for that there's a Samba default smb.conf that can be copied to /etc/samba here: /usr/share/samba/smb.conf . It needs a little work with "encrypt passwords" but it's workable.

One more note: Gadmin-samba disables the option to create a guest accessible share using "Sharing Options" in Nautilus because gadmin-samba was created before Samba created Usershares back in 2003 or 2004. It also disables the current way a Windows client can access a guest share anonymously. These can be fixed but that's another topic.

altair4 wrote:I think it's rude to interfere with someone else's HowTo but I'd just like to offer the following precaution:

Prior to it's use I would suggest making a backup copy of your current smb.conf:

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sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.bak

gadmin-samba makes it's own backup but I don't trust it.

You can always remove winbind and restore the backup to bring yourself back to the factory settings. And if it's too late for that there's a Samba default smb.conf that can be copied to /etc/samba here: /usr/share/samba/smb.conf . It needs a little work with "encrypt passwords" but it's workable.

One more note: Gadmin-samba disables the option to create a guest accessible share using "Sharing Options" in Nautilus because gadmin-samba was created before Samba created Usershares back in 2003 or 2004. It also disables the current way a Windows client can access a guest share anonymously. These can be fixed but that's another topic.

yes i forgot to mention about the backup.. tx for reminding me & u all r free to modyfi or add to this howto.. thats Opensource - free & open ha