Install Samba server

Install Samba Server

This how-to is about: Samba, Networking

What you need to know to use this how-to: The Terminal, apt-get

The Samba file-sharing server shares files using the SMB/CIFS protocol, also used by Microsoft Windows and most other operating systems.

[edit] Installing in Ubuntu

To install the Samba server in Ubuntu, Kubuntu and other *buntu variants, install the samba package or issue the command:

sudo apt-get install samba

To install the Samba server in Debian (etch, lenny and sid), install the samba package or issue the command:

sudo apt-get install samba

This section is not yet completed. The workgroup line tells Samba what workgroup it is in. For example:

workgroup = SMITH

server string is the full description of the Samba server. It appears in several places, especially on Windows computers. For example:

server string = John's computer

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