what r the configuration files for SAMBA and how can u
configure samba on network with windows machines

Answer Posted / phani

the configuration file for SAMBA is smb.conf. location is
/etc/sfw/smb.conf.

edit the smb.conf file.
$ cd /etc/sfw
$ ls
$ vi smb.conf
1) replace workgroup=your workgroup
2) server string=samba server
3) hosts allow=give which hosts you want to give access
4) passwd server=your server ip
5) interfaces=give your server ip address
6) copy from [my share] to create mask line to the last.
remove comment in front of the lines.change the lines to
which dir. u want to share it and whom users u want to
access this dir.

go to windows machine. click on run and enter your server ip
address like this \\server ip and hit enter. the shared dir.
will appear in windows machine.

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