Linux adminstartion : Samba server Configuration
Configuring the Samba Server 1) Beginning with version 2.0 Samba includes a utility called SWAT, the Samba Web Administration Tool. This tool makes setting up Samba very easy. 2) The samba configuration file is called smb.c onf and is located in /etc/samba directory by the installation program, a smb.conf file was created during the installation that can be used for reference and modification. 3) SWAT enables you to use a Web browser as the interface to /etc/smb.conf and makes the necessary modifications to this file. 4) The smb.conf file is divided into several sections, Each section contains a list of options and values in the format: option = value some of them are : 5) [global] :smbqq The first section of the smb.conf file is the [global] section. There are various option available with variety of respective values. Example : [global] workgroup = ONE Explanation : This is global section and has value workgroup.