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Basic Samba settings for CentOS !!!

Following is a basic setting up Samba file sharing on CentOS. This is meant to be a simple introduction and does not include options for integrating Samba authentication with LDAP or Active Directory.

Check and see if samba is installed or not:

# rpm -qa samba

If it is not installed, then install using:

# yum install samba

# yum install samba-common

# yum install samba-client

# yum install system-config-samba

Samba configuration file is /etc/samba/smb.conf.


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