Author Topic: how to install samba  (Read 1953 times)

odzk

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how to install samba
« on: June 07, 2014, 03:14:06 AM »
Hi All,

Im planning to install wattos with lxde to approx. 10 computers for a school, with ubuntu server. Can anyone please help me how to install samba for the clients? I will deal with the openldap with the ubuntu server later.

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blaze

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Re: how to install samba
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2014, 08:08:21 AM »
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way; http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

... and when SOLVED, please edit thread title in first post! :)

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Re: how to install samba
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2014, 03:13:33 PM »
https://wiki.debian.org/SambaServerSimple

have you tried doing this? because this one doesn't really work.

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Re: how to install samba
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2014, 10:16:11 AM »
sorry no, have you read this?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/samba

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Re: how to install samba
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2014, 01:02:17 PM »
Most file managers (like nautilus) understand the smb:// protocol.
You might have to install smbclient and cifs-utils, but try the smb://server/share first.
There's also gvfs that allows you to use gvfs-mount smb://server/share from the command line.
Additionally there's gigolo that is a UI that will mount (using the gvfs backend)

As for a samba server, I put this together a while back:
http://forums.solydxk.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=971
It's from another forum on another distro, but there's nothing particular for that distro in it.  The edits (and smb.conf) is not particular to any host or installed location either.
-Hinto