15.7. Samba configuration

Samba is a software package which allows GNU/Linux to act as a file and/or printer server for Windows machines. This wizard will only help you configure public shares, not private shares (if you wish to do so, refer to the documentation in the Samba package).

There are three steps in configuring Samba. The first will be to decide whether you want to enable files and printer sharing, as shown in figure 15-15.

Figure 15-15. Share files and printers?

Then you must enter the work group for which these shares will be available (figure 15-16). You can either create a new work group or choose an existing one, but if you don't know what to do, please refer to your system administrator.

Figure 15-16. Choose the work group for your shares

Finally, you will have to specify the name by which your Mandrake Linux server will be known to Windows machines, as shown in figure 15-17. You may choose whatever name you want.

Figure 15-17. What name for your Samba server?


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