Step-By-Step Guide: Setting up a Samba server with Fedora
What can Samba provide (1 sentence)
What does Fedora deliver
What administration tasks have to be performed
How Fedora tools fit into the picture
Intention of this tutorial: setting up a Fedora workgroup server / NAS. Not covered: setting up a complex domain infrastructure.
Related to Fedora Core 4, Samba version 3.0.14, should be applicable to FC3/Samba 3.0.10, too.
Check, if already installed
install it using system-config-packages or yum
Why configuring the workgroup
Configuring the samba server (system-config-samba)
Configuring Windows clients
What is user based security, pros and potential probs
Adding Linux system users (system-config-users)
Adding Samba users (system-config-samba)
Printing already preconfigured
Configuring Windows client
Basically working samba configuration as a workgroup or home server
Further optimising the finding of clients and server
Further Improvement for usage: additional shares for collaborative working
Problem of name resolution
editing /etc/samba/conf
Problem of browsing, principle of master election
editing /etc/samba/conf
Overview
Adding a share using system-config-samba
Overview
Adding groups using system-config-users
Adding a share using system-config-samba
Link to Samba documentatin on samba.org
Link to other Red Hat Samba documentation (if applicable)
Book recommendations