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notes These installation instructions assume
1. The Commands are Unix-compatible.

2. The source path is /var/tmp, other paths are feasible.
3. Installations were tested on Red Hat Linux 6.1 and 6.2.
4. All steps in the installation will happen in super-user account root.
5. Samba version number is 2.0.7
Samba is a suite of utilities that let your Linux box to share files and other resources, such as
printers, with Windows boxes. This chapter describes how you can make your Linux box into
a Windows Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or a server for a Windows Workgroup. Either
configuration will allow everyone at home to have:
1. They have logins on all the home windows boxes whereas having their files on the Linux
box appear to be located on a new Windows drive

2. Shared access to printers on the Linux box
3. Shared files accessible simply to members of their Linux user group.
Linux functionality doesn’t vanish when you do this. Samba Domains and Linux share the same
usernames so you can log into the Samba based Windows domain using your Linux password and
immediately gain access to files in your Linux user’s home directory. For added security you can
make your Samba and Linux passwords different.
When it starts up, and with every client demand, the Samba daemon reads the configuration file
/etc/samba/smb.conf to conclude its various modes of operation. You can make your own smb.
conf using a text editor or the Web-based SWAT utility which is easier. Keep in mind, however,
that if you create /etc/samba/smb.conf with a text editor then subsequently use SWAT to edit
the file, you will lose all the comments you inserted with the text editor.

Task Write the configuration file to conclude its various modes of operation.

14.2.1 Download and install packages

Samba can do for you and your users, it’s time to get your own network set up. Let’s start
with the installation of Samba itself on a Unix system. When dancing the samba, one learns by
taking small steps. It’s just the same when installing Samba; we need to teach it step by step.
For illustrative purposes, we will be installing the 2.0.4 version of the Samba server on a Linux
system running version 2.0.31 of the kernel. However, the installation steps are the same for all
of the platforms that Samba supports. A typical installation will take about an hour to complete,
including downloading the source files and compiling them, setting up the configuration files,
and testing the server.
If you haven’t heard of Linux yet, then you’re in for a treat. Linux is a freely distributed Unix-like
operating system that runs on the Intel x86, Motorola PowerPC, and Sun Sparc platforms. The
operating system is relatively easy to configure, extremely robust, and is gaining in popularity.
On the other hand, if you want to download the latest version, the primary web site for the
Samba software is http://www.samba.org. Once connected to this page, you’ll see links to
several Samba mirror sites across the world, both for the standard Samba web pages and sites
devoted exclusively to downloading Samba. For the best performance, choose a site that is closest
to your own geographic location.

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