Ubuntu8.10 Practical Guide for installing Samba and Windows sharing

Now Linux is developing fast, so how to share files in Linux has become one of the concerns of many users. In fact, Ubuntu provides us with a good utility, that is, Samba-through which we can easily achieve file sharing. Samba is very powerful. After the Samba service on a Linux server is started, the Linux system is equivalent to a file and print server, which can be provided to Windows and LinuxSamba customers on the network.

Now Linux is developing fast, so how to share files in Linux has become one of the concerns of many users. In fact, Ubuntu provides us with a good utility, that is, Samba-through which we can easily achieve file sharing. Samba is very powerful. After the Samba service on a Linux server is started, the Linux system is equivalent to a file and print server, provides file and print services for Windows and Linux Samba customers on the network. And those Apple Mac computers that are configured to share files with Windows computers to share files and folders in your Ubuntu system.

First look at the sharing of Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows 2003 files (SEE ).

PS: This article is based on the Ubuntu 8.10 platform.

For Ubuntu Linux, you can run the following command to install Samba ):

Sudo apt-get install samba

After the installation is successful, open it in system-system management-service to see if it has been started and configure it. (See, 4)

In this case, as long as you right-click the directory, there will be settingsSharing optionsFor more information, see my document. Next, prepare the shared directory (share www.linuxidc.com in Linux community) (See, 6 ).Sharing optionsAnd set some names and permissions so that you can share files with Windows. (See, 8)

In this way, others can access my shared directory through the IP address of my machine and the shared name.