samba server

SAMBA SERVER

samba server is used for file sharing and transfering between different platforms like as ubuntu to windows with authentication

port no:137 138 139

package: samba

service: smb

demon: smbd

now open the configuration file

#apt-get install samba

# vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

[photos]

path=/home/sunny/photos

valid user=sunny

browseable=yes

writeable=yes

create mask= 0770

directory mask=0770

then save and quit

after that

create a samba user

#useradd -m -s /bin/bash sunny

Then create a samba password for the user like this

#smbpasswd -a sunny

****

****

Then after this restart the service

#/etc/init.d/samba restart

then after this try this in other system

#smbclient //192.168.1.15/photos -U sunny

or like this also

#mount.cifs 192.168.1.15:photos /mnt -o username=sunny

IN WINDOWS:

Right click the my computer ther you can see option like select network drive

here take any drive from (a-z) then in next block give the ip address of the samba server then browse

after this you can see the ip address of the network

then select the ip

after this you can see the share name like a folder with the name photos

then select it

it will prompt for the samba user passwd before you have seen

then give the password now you can see the shared folder in windows