How do I get Samba to work?
Hello all,
In spite of lots of pointers & help to getting this to work - I can't and I'm going to start again.
I have a PC based on an Athlon 64 with 2 x HDDs configured as RAID1 and 4Gb RAM. It is going to be used as a file server for a small network (about 5 users, all with XP).
Although 95% of the time this machine will just be a server, I'm using ubuntu 7.10 desktop (as there will occasionally be the need to use the machine as a PC). I'm also using 32bit rather than 64bit OS - seems a better/safer option.
I cannot get Samba to 'work'. I can sort it out so that I can 'see' a shared directory - but I can't seem to get the ability to write files or make changes to files.
I've tried so many times with this that I've probably got 'corruptions' and so I'm going to wipe the OS and start again with a fresh, new install - please can someone give me a simple set of instuction for what I need to do.
Thanks.
David
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- David Wallin
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- 2008-01-28
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- 2008-01-27
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- 2008-01-25 by David Wallin
The following is an official guide to setting up SAMBA:-
David Wallin (david-ntfs) said : | #2 |
I'm trying to follow this, but with not much luck!! It seems to want me to install the "kdenetwork-
Dines683 (dines683) said : | #3 |
You need to install the samba server
sudo apt-get install samba smbfs
Then you need to add users
sudo smbpasswd -a system_username
Afterwards you need to configure the smb.conf
gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
in order to allow users to access the server
uncomment
security=user
in order to check if it is working
sudo testparm
and then retart the deamon
sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
Yoo can share files/folders the easy way by
system-
Hope this help
And of course you need to configure your firewall.
Dines683 (dines683) said : | #4 |
ops
didn't read your first thread thoroughly
in order to be able to write to the files you can use the
system-
There you can disable an option "read only" ...
Of course you can also do this in the smb.conf file
# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change next
# parameter to 'yes' if you want to be able to write to them.
writable = no
...
* Replace with the following lines
# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change next
# parameter to 'yes' if you want to be able to write to them.
writable = yes
David Wallin (david-ntfs) said : | #5 |
Thanks Dines683, that solved my question.
David Wallin (david-ntfs) said : | #6 |
You're a star - thanks a lot (it's annoying that I missed something so simple!!)
David Wallin (david-ntfs) said : | #7 |
Another question!!! Sorry!
If there are half a dozen users access the same data area on the ubuntu 'server', can they all use the same user ID/password? Or do I have to create a whole lot of users?
Dines683 (dines683) said : | #8 |
you can do both.
David Wallin (david-ntfs) said : | #9 |
Thankd