Setup Samba in Ubuntu 8.10

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*By Neil Chiao ( neilchiao at gmail.com )

*From ( neilengineer.cublog.cn )

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1、$sudo apt-get install samba system-config-samba -y

 

2、System->Administration->Samba, add the dirs you gonna share, and set the proper permissions.

 

3、To automatically run the samba service：System->Preferences->Sessions,  hit "add" button, settings are like the following, finally "save".

 

 

 

           

4、In Windows XP, open "my computer"，enter the address of your samba server, e.g.: .

 

 

 

Trouble-shooting

1)Can not open the shared folder in Windows XP, even if you entered the correct username and password. 

Solution:

$sudo smbpasswd –e neil

("smbpasswd –e" will enable a samba user, you'll have to enter password of the samba user)