I recently helped a non-profit org to setup Samba as their main file/print server. It also acts as a Primary Domain Controller for the network, allowing the XP clients to use roaming profiles. Everyone seems happy with the setup, I am happy to help if I can. Jon On Friday 11 February 2005 18:45, Johnathan Bailes wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:58:37 +0100, Duncan Lithgow > > <duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've just got a message form a charity I know asking me if I could setup > > a file/prinetr server for them. I haven't asked yet but I assume they're > > all on windows. > > > > So, samba on a straight forward linux is what I guess I should do, but > > I'm new to it all. I've never played with samba ... > > > > My question is should I agree to set this up? I can simulate the whole > > thing from my two computers here at home ... but > > > > a.) will I be able to adjust to and understand the concepts? > > b.) do people fell like helping me through this the fast way? Usually I'd > > spend ages reading - but I can't really ask them to wait a few weeks... > > c.) would I be doing them a favour saying no and putting them onto > > someone else who understands it better, but may charge for setting it up? > > > > if you say yes to a & b then please help me find a 'quick guide to samba' > > all i found on google was a bit too sparce or too deep. > > > > thanks, Duncan > > > >From an understanding point of view: > > http://ralphie.perlmonk.org/mosix/simple_samba.html > > >From a setting it up in Fedora point of view: > > http://fedoranews.org/tchung/samba/ > > Yes, its about setting up a printer to share. I know that but look at > the default smb.conf. If you turn on the service and have users set > up in your smbpasswd then you got /homes shared by default (with > browsing turned off). > > Plus you got this actually pretty nice samba config tool with Fedora. > I like how it adds new stuff to the bottom and does not mess with your > settings to hard and all that. > > Take a look at the above links and keep it simple out of the box. > Then start to get more complicated as you go. Don't forget to leave > yourself a whole in the IPTables firewall as described in the above > link. > > Oh yeah and have fun samba is pretty easy to setup but has a lot of > neato features to start messing with once you have an idea of what you > are doing.
