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houssam_ballout

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hello all,
I'd installed the Ubuntu 7, and now I want to share files with windows clients, I'd heard and search that I can do it with Samba, I'd installed samba through apt-get install samba
and now what?
how can I lunch and use it?
when I type smdpsswd, I type the password twice , then I got with this error:
Failed to find entry for user root.
Failed to modify password entry for user root.
Any help?
Thanks in advance
 
This is really a networking question not exactly an OS, but I can help you regardless.

Here is what I suggest for linux people who are new to linux. Instead of altering a bunch of config files and your init.d or whatever launch daemon you are using you should first download and install this app;

www.webmin.com

Once you install it, you can control your network and server services from your web browser, which is handy.

There should be a section for samba and swat. On there just make sure you add the proper authentication (since SMB requires it) to the windows box you want to share with. Then check the box to launch samba at start up, so every time you boot, it runs at boot.

Once you get that going post specific questions and I can help you through them.
 
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