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How to installSamba?

Asked by fjpod

Iam trying to install SAMBA on my Ubuntu (8.04lts, I think). I am trying to do it through a terminal window but it keeps asking me, "are you root?". I am totally new to Ubuntu. How do I go about this?

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#1

To install something in Ubuntu you have to be root -- system administrator.

Read this article -- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

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Best arekkusu (arekkusu-r) said : 		#2

If you are the one that installed the system then your account can run command as superuser

to run a command as superuser type "sudo" followed by the command.
As pointed out above everything is explained in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Now if you want to share a folder you might as well go into the "share" tab in the folder propriety. When creating the share if will automatically install Samba for you (asking you for your password).
(note that you need to logout / login once before file sharing work)

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fjpod (frankpirozzolo) said : 		#3

Thanks arekkusu, that solved my question.