proposal: Setting up a samba server on Fedora Core 4

[Peter Boy <pboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

attached a rough draft for a step-by-step guide to set up a samba
server. It is based on some internal documentation that I wrote for my
staff.

Current status:

part 1 - 5 are nearly ready (in German) but needs some polishing/
clarification before disseminating and, of course, I have to do a
translation.



Peter

Step-By-Step Guide: Setting up a Samba server with Fedora

1. Introduction

• What can Samba provide (1 sentence)

• What does Fedora deliver

• What administration tasks have to be performed

• How Fedora tools fit into the picture

• Intention of this tutorial: setting up a Fedora workgroup server / NAS. Not covered: setting up a complex domain infrastructure.

• Related to Fedora Core 4, Samba version 3.0.14, should be applicable to FC3/Samba 3.0.10, too.

2. Configuring the Basics

2.1 Installation of the Software

• Check, if already installed

• install it using system-config-packages or yum

2.2 Standalone Server and Configuring the Workgroup Name

• Why configuring the workgroup

• Configuring the samba server (system-config-samba)

• Configuring Windows clients

2.3 User Based Security and Adding Users

• What is user based security, pros and potential probs

• Adding Linux system users (system-config-users)

• Adding Samba users (system-config-samba)

2.4 Printing

• Printing already preconfigured

• Configuring Windows client

3. Achieved Results Until Now

• Basically working samba configuration as a workgroup or home server

• Further optimising the finding of clients and server

• Further Improvement for usage: additional shares for collaborative working

4. Optimising the configuration

4.1 Activating WINS

• Problem of name resolution

• editing /etc/samba/conf

4.2 Activating browsing

• Problem of browsing, principle of master election

• editing /etc/samba/conf

5. Further Enhancements

5.1 A Place to Exchange Files for all users

• Overview

• Adding a share using system-config-samba

5.2 A Place to share files between a group of users

• Overview

• Adding groups using system-config-users

• Adding a share using system-config-samba

6. Further Readings

• Link to Samba documentatin on samba.org

• Link to other Red Hat Samba documentation (if applicable)

• Book recommendations

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