Linux® Quick Fix Notebook

Chapter 10. Windows, Linux, and Samba

In This Chapter

• Download and Install Packages

• How to Get Samba Started

• The Samba Configuration File

• How SWAT Makes Samba Simpler

• Creating a Starter Configuration

• Samba Passwords

• How to Create a Samba PDC Administrator User

• How to Add Workstations to Your Samba Domain

• How to Add Users to Your Samba Domain

• Domain Groups and Samba

• How to Delete Users from Your Samba Domain

• How to Modify Samba Passwords

• Conclusion

Samba is a suite of utilities that allows your Linux box to share files and other resources, such as printers, with Windows boxes. This chapter describes how you can make your Linux box into a Windows Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or a server for a Windows Workgroup. Either configuration will allow everyone at home ...