Re: Help getting Samba to work!!!

From: Xyerp (Xyerp_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/13/03 

Date: 13 Aug 2003 11:15:52 -0700

nadiak@parkerglobal.com (N.K.) wrote in message news:<2d4502eb.0308130536.461bc14@posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
> My distribution of Linux came with Samba. I'm trying to configure it
> and have no success.
> Where do I start? Since Samba is already there, do I have to build
> it? Or my fist step would be to modify smb.conf?
> I need to make a linux share available for Windows and maybe vice
> versa.
> Is all I have to do would be to specify a windows workgroup and linux
> share path?
> I'm totally lost..
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
> N.K.

Have you tried the Samba HOWTO at

http://www.tldp.org

Or the documentation available from

http://www.samba.org

?

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