Samba Configuration File

vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]
workgroup = home
netbios name = fedora
security = share
hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24
[share]
comment = Home File Server
path = /sharepoint
force user = fileserver901
force group = fileserver901
guest ok = yes
read only = no

testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf

[global] (signifies security parameters)
workgroup = home (names a windows workgroup name)
netbios name = fedora (our netbios name)
security = share (takes on permissions from the share, which we set earlier)
hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24 (only allows this subnet to connect i.e. 192.168.0.1192.168.0.254)

[share] (Signifies the name of our share when mounted. You can change to anything you like.)
comment = Home File Server (creates share point comments)
path = /sharepoint (The full path the volume you want to share. Note if you want to share more than one volume, copy the “share” section and alter accordingly.)
force user = fileserver901 (forces all users of this mount to become this user and obtain access to whatever this user has access to)
force group = fileserver901 (forces all users of this mount to become this group and obtain access to whatever this group has access to)
guest ok = yes (allows anonymous accounts to access, which is how we can connect without a password)
read only = no (allows us to write to the volume. If you set this to yes, you could make this an anonymous “read” only volume)

Mac OS X Tiger

1. Go to the Finder menu and select “Connect to Server” or press Apple key + “k”.
2. In the server address bar, type in smb://192.168.0.101 (or whatever the address is of your home smb server).
3. Select connect. When the dialog box appears, click on “Ok” for the “share.”
4. A dialog box will appear with a workgroup, name, and password. Just ignore it and press ok again.
5. A volume named share will appear on your desktop.

Windows 2003 Server

(Note: this should be almost identical for most other Windows versions.)

1. Open the Windows Explorer.
2. Type in: \\192.168.0.101\share (or whatever the address is of your home smb server).
3. You now have read/write access to the volume.

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 5

(Note: this should be identical for any newer Gnome installation.)

1. Go to Places and select “Connect to Server.”
2. Under Service Type, select “Windows Share.”
3. In the server address box, type in 192.168.0.101 (or whatever the address is of your home smb server).
4. In the share box, type share
5. A volume named share will appear on your desktop.