Configure Samba on the ubuntu8.04

Install samba:     preparation under Ubuntu8.04: After installing Ubuntu8.04:              1. Update Source: Sudo apt-get update.         2. Install Vim: apt-get install vim. After the      apt-get update is complete, you can view the updated configuration in/etc/apt/sources.list, and recommend that you  cp /etc before updating /apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.orig Backup.        Step:        1.         2. Creating a Samba directory:sudo mkdir /home/guoq/share         3. Setting Samba directory Permissions:sudo chmod 777 /home/guoq/share         4.copy samba configuration file: Sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.orig         5. Modifying the Samba configuration file:vi /etc/samba/smb.conf             [share]                 path=/home/guoq/share                 available=yes                 browsealbe=yes                 public=yes                 writable=yes          6. Create a Samba account:             1> sudo  Touch /etc/samba/smbpasswd             2 > sudo smbpasswd -a guoq                &nBSP; Confirm          7 after typing the password. Restart Samba service:              sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart          8. Test samba:              smbclient -L //localhost/share          9. If you use samba:              under Win7 in the network mapped drive Select a drive letter and enter:\\172.16.1.190\share               You can see what's in the Samba service when you're successful.               The 172.16.1.190 here is the IP of the samba server.      Note:          1. Virtual machines must be in the same network segment as the actual machine. The          2.samba account must be a Linux account, and if it is not a Linux user, you can use the command to add:             1> useradd user1    //Add User1 user name              2> passwd user1      //Set User1 password             3>  mkdir /home/user1    //Build User1 User Directory              4> chown -r user1:user1 //Setting up User1 groups

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Configure Samba on the ubuntu8.04