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28 September 2010
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If you want to share files between your Ubuntu and Windows computers, the best option is to use Samba file sharing. In our previous posts, we did show you how to install and configure samba in ubuntu via command line, Today we will do the installation and configuration in ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal via GUI (This Tutorial also works in LinuxMint). There are many tools that make it easy to install and configure samba using a graphical interface, one of them Samba server configuration tool and S.W.A.T.
If you are new to ubuntu:
"Samba is a free software re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol, originally developed by Australian Andrew Tridgell. As of version 3, Samba provides file and print services for various Microsoft Windows clients and can integrate with a Windows Server domain, either as a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or as a domain member. It can also be part of an Active Directory domain.Samba runs on most Unix and Unix-like systems, such as Linux, Solaris, AIX and the BSD variants, including Apple's Mac OS X Server (which was added to the Mac OS X client in version 10.2). Samba is standard on nearly all distributions of Linux and is commonly included as a basic system service on other Unix-based operating systems as well. Samba is released under the GNU General Public License. The name Samba comes from SMB (Server Message Block), the name of the standard protocol used by the Microsoft Windows network file system. "
Before to start we need to install samba, you can do that from Ubuntu software center or by command line :
sudo apt-get install samba samba-common
I - Installation and configuration using Samba Server configuration Tool
After samba is installed we need to install the graphical interface System-config samba using the command:
sudo apt-get install system-config-samba
Now we will try for example to share the directory /home/pirat9/Music folder to do that,
First open GUI samba server configuration tool by going to System--> Administration-->Samba
- Edit existing shares
- Add new share
Find more details about the configuration of samba using this tool in our previous post.
II -Installation and configuration using SWAT. Web samba adminitration tool
SWAT
is a tool that allows Web-based configuration of Samba. It has a wizard
that may help to get Samba configured quickly, it has context-sensitive
help on each smb.conf parameter, it
provides for monitoring of current state of connection information, and
it allows networkwide MS Windows network password management.
SWAT uses integral Samba components to locate parameters supported by
the particular version of Samba. Unlike tools and utilities that are
external to Samba, SWAT is always up to date as known Samba parameters
change. SWAT provides context-sensitive help for each configuration
parameter, directly from man page entries.
Note : Before using SWAT, please be warned SWAT will completely replace your smb.conf
with a fully optimized file that has been stripped of all comments you
might have placed there and only nondefault settings will be written to
the file.
To install SWAT open terminal and type the command:
sudo apt-get install swat
This will install SWAT also samba and dependencies.
Now to access SWAT, open your browser and type :
http://your- ip:901 or http://localhost:901
Then use your root login and password
Login admin page:
Global informations
- Wizard to edit the samba config
- Server Statut:
- View of the actual samba config:
- Changes admin password page
For more posts about the installations and cofiguration of Samba in ubuntu, please read our previous posts.
Note: If you need help please post your problem in the comments and we will help you to resolve the issue.
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Moinul Abrar 2010-11-27 08:10:01I have a Canon PIXMA iP2772 Printer. How to install and configure this printer in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat?
Please help. With thanks
Moinul Abrar
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gajendra 2011-02-05 11:29:50hi had install the samba .now by using sambahow can i access linux mint from win.basically i want to use it in implementation of cloud computing..
reply me
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david mcgowan 2011-02-26 00:28:43if you dont know that samba is a file sharing application then you probably should do some more reading before trying to go with your cloud computing
your probably going to have more luck with ssh or telnet to do cloud computing
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Andrew Thomas 2011-05-04 17:42:26I encountered the following issue after I installed Samba: I tried to print a MS Word 2007 from a Windows 7 machine (the printer was connected to the Ubuntu 11.04 PC) and the printed page showed all characters in a line overlapped in just one space. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Some time before, I needed to buy a house for my business but I did not have enough money and could not purchase anything. Thank goodness my father suggested to take the business loans from banks. Thence, I did that and used to be satisfied with my secured loan.
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Casper Hofman 2011-08-15 15:56:01I have samba installed on ubuntu 11.04 and configured a share homes.the problem is that the share is visible but not accesabel from a windows vista,however from my XP computer there are no problems.
I think that the vista logon differs from the XP logon.
Please help me.
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