SAMBA SERVER ON WIFI ...

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  Abhishek Rawal

  yes its possible (or maybe not 😳 )
  But i know very little about it ... thought I will try to explain upto what i know about SAMBA.
  
  Check if SAMBA is installed or not
  Go to terminal & type
  

  rpm -q samba

  If it indicates that "package is not installed" you gotta download its RPM package, its available in RH disk and/or you can even download it from Samba - opening windows to a wider world
  Once u download the RPM package, it installation time. Browse to where Samba is downloaded & perform
  

  rpm -i samba.rpm

  (you might need to replace samba.rpm with full version name of file)
  As Samba is installed now ,lets configure it:
  every configuration of samba is included in smb.conf located at /etc/samba/smb.conf
  Fresh installation will have a whole new smb.conf sample file, casual users wont need half of this sample file.
  If you want to share some folders around small LAN you better edit smb.conf as i give below:
  

  [indent][global]
  workgroup = Trolled
  server string = Boom my Unix
  hosts allow = 192.168.127.x
  log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
  security = user
  encrypt passwords = yes
  smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
  socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
   
  [Downloads]
  comment = Downloads
  path = /home/windisk/Downloads
  browseable = yes
  writable = yes
  public = yes
  read only = no
   
  [homes]
  comment = My Home Directory
  browseable = yes
  writable = yes
  public = yes
  read only = no
   
  [printers]
  path = /var/spool/samba
  public = yes
  guest ok = yes
  printable = yes
  browseable = yes
  writable = yes
  read only = no
  [/indent]

  Choose yes/no as per ur choice.
  
  I dont know how to setup samba users;
  hope someone here helps you out, else i will ask my friend ... will learn it & will get on u asap
  sorry for partial info.
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  Abhishek Rawal

  Setting up samba users:
  
  we need to create smbpasswd file that we mentioned in smb.conf file
  Easy method is to create it based on ur existing /etc/passwd file
  

  [indent]cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd
  [/indent]

  Chmod 600 the file (/etc/samba/smbpasswd) so only root has R/W authority.
  Well, file copies over Linux users and not over their passwords
  so follow the below command to set each samba user password
  

  [indent]smbpasswd Troll_so_hard
  [/indent]

  Obviously change the username with your user's username. You will be prompted for password.
  Well I always select password same as my "root" .. Just to ease out things(I hate remembering passwords)
  Ofcourse its not necessary.
  
  Samba runs in background alike LinDaemon
  Control it by typing
  

  [indent]service smb start
  service smb stop
  service smb restart
  [/indent]

  Note : Once computer is shutdown & restarted Samba wont execute automatically.
  Xwindows serviceconf can be used to execute all program automatically
  
  Testing :
  connecting to localhost
  

  [indent]smbclient //localhost/Downloads
  [/indent]

  you have to specify name of computer & resource you wanna share.
  in smb.conf file we have specified /home/windisk/Downloads .
  Hence here I will be using downloads resource.
  
  Its all set up now !
  
  If you wish you can go on Windows machine .Opening network places & browsing the workgroup your linux machine will be listed. If you want to access it you will be asked for username & password, u can enter any samba users you previously created, Log in & you can see all available resources.
  
  Good luck ! 👍