Samba Configuration
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Samba Configuration:
These instruction are for configuring a “Unix, Linux” operating system with “Webmin”
to allow “Windows95, 98, NT, 2000, XP” access to share folders on a “Unix, Linux”
computers.
1.) Get a copy of “Webmin” [Link] and install it.
2.) Get a copy of Samba [Link] and install it.
3.) After you've installed “Samba”, install “Webmin”.
4.) After having installed “Webmin” type [Link] into your browser's address field.
5.) You'll be prompted for a “user name” and “password”, use root as the user name and the
corresponding password. If you don't have X windows installed on your Samba server, you can still run
“Webmin” remotely by typing [Link] and logging in as you normally
would.
6.) After logging into “Webmin”.
7.) Click on the Servers tab.
8.) Then the Samba Windows File Sharing Icon. On the top of the screen you should see two shares
created by default. They're home and printers, and are fine for now. You can customize this later on if
you'd like.
9.) Next click on the “Windows Networking” Icon and change your Workgroup name to the same
Workgroup name as your windows computer(s). This is a very important step! Give a server
description...something like samba server and give the server a name.
10.) Change your security to share level then save the changes.
11.) Next click on the Authentication Icon next to the Windows Networking Icon. Enable encrypted
passwords then save the changes.
12.) Click on the File Share Defaults icon and then on the Security and Access icon.
13.) Enable hosts allow and put the IP addresses of your windows workstation(s).
14.) Save the changes and return to File Share Defaults.
15.) Click Yes for both Available and Browseable and save the changes.
16.) Click on the homes share on the top of the Samba Share Manager
17.) screen and enable Available and Browseable by highlighting yes.
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18.) Save the changes then go back into the homes share and click on the Authentication icon.
19.) Enable writeable and hosts allow only allow and enter the IP addresses of your windows
workstation(s).
20.) Save the changes and return to your Samba Share Manager screen.
21.) Click on Restart Samba Server to activate all the changes you've made.
22.) Open up a virtual terminal if you're running X windows or log into your Samba Server if you're running
Webmin remotely. Type in: “smbpasswd” username where username is a valid user on your samba
server. You'll be prompted for a password and to re-authenticate the password by retyping it. It's
recommended that you use the same password that you would to log into the server to keep things
easier to manage, but it isn't necessary. Running “smbpasswd” will create an authentication file for
Samba to check when you log in to the server from a Windows computer.
23.) Next make sure you have different users on your windows computers. If you don't have to log in when
you turn on your Windows computer, you probably don't have any user accounts created. Go into
Control Panel, create a user with a valid user name on the samba server and give the user a password.
Once again, use the same one as you would use to log into Linux for simplicity's sake.
24.) Reboot and log back in as a user.
25.) Open up Windows Explorer and Browser your network. You should see your Samba Server icon
waiting for you.
26.) Double-click on it and, when prompted enter the password you gave yourself when you ran
smbpasswd. You can choose to save the password on the Windows computer so you won't have to
supply it all the time or you can type it in each time you log onto the Samba Server from a Windows
workstation. I highly recommend Mapping the shares as drive letters and choosing to reconnect them
each time at log on. This simplifies things and makes it quicker to access the shares. You should be
done! Repeat the process of running smbpasswd on the samba server and creating a user account on
the Windows workstations for each user.
James j. Murray
Appleton WI.
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