December 2012
Intermediate to advanced
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The /etc/samba/smb.conf file is broken into sections. Each section is a description of the resource shared (share) and should be titled appropriately. The three special sections are as follows:
• [global]—Establishes the global configuration settings (defined in detail in the smb.conf man page and Samba documentation, found under the /usr/share/doc/samba/docs directory)
• [homes]—Shares users’ /home directories and specifies directory paths and permissions
• [printers]—Handles printing by defining shared printers and printer access
Each section in your /etc/samba/smb.conf configuration file should be named for the resource being shared. For example, if the resource /usr/local/programs is being ...
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