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How do I edit and save changes to the smb.conf file in Ubuntu 8.10

Asked by Alan Trevethan

I am trying to edit the smb.conf file to reflect the user permissions and network name that I require, however I can't seem to work out how to edit and save the file with root privileges.

I have opened a terminal using sudo -i and navigated to the appropriate directory, and now need to know what terminal program to access and how to access it in order to edit and then save my changes

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(when the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

Make change and save.

Everytime you make changes to your smb.conf file please restart samba service by typing:

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

Hope this helps

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

This question it is now associated to "samba" package.

As additional tips, you can click on this launchpad page tabs:

- the "Answers" tab will allow you to see all already answered questions related to this package;
- the "Bugs" will allow you to see the related known bugs realted to this package.

This might helps you to solve your issue, by the way is a good starting point.

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Alan Trevethan (alantrev1) said : 		#3

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.