Samba is a tool suite that implements the SMB (Server message Block) protocol, or the Netbios/lanmanager protocol, on UNIX. The SMB protocol is typically used by the Windows family to implement disk and printer sharing.
The main part of Samba
Two daemons: SMBD and NMBD (providing NetBIOS name services to clients)
Configuration file:/etc/smb.conf
Using tools: Smbclient,smbstatus,smbmount,smbumount,smbprint,smbprint.sysv,smbrun
Samba startup script in/ETC/RC.D/INIT.D/SMB
BTW, do not confuse SMB with SMP (symmetric multiprocessor), let alone the NetBIOS name in DNS host name confused! Samba defaults to setting the hostname to a NetBIOS name, which typically exceeds the length limit of the NetBIOS name (16 characters).
The Ubuntu Installation Samba command is as follows:
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