Comments on: Install Samba Server on Ubuntu

By: arben

arben — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:48:01 +0000

to hadje: you need to remove the around username…they are not meant to be typed in.

By: jack

jack — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:54:45 +0000

HOW DO I GO ABOUT TRANSFERING FILES FROM ONE NODE TO ANOTHER USING SAMBA

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:31:46 +0000

I tried these steps in Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition (32bit). I can succesfuly map a share folder from Windows Desktop via samba user account. But do not have write access to the folder. Don’t know why? I don’t want other people or guest account to access this folder. Can Geek halp on this?

By: Logics

Logics — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:58:24 +0000

@Roque
a comment is any line that begins with a “#” or a “;”

To ‘uncomment’ a line means to remove the preceding “#” or “;” from the start. In your case, the line
;security = user
should become
security = user
with the “;” at the start removed.

By: Roque

Roque — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:33:28 +0000

Ok, Im new on this, I barely have a guess on what uncomment means,,,

I tried this:
sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

Made this:
####### Authentication #######

“security = user” is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
in this server for every user accessing the server. See
/usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/ServerType.html
in the samba-doc package for details.
; security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

I saved and closed.

Then tried this on the terminal:
sudo smbpasswd -a

and I got this:
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline’

Can’t continue, please help for newbies.

By: george

george — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:32:52 +0000

Hi Ambika,

You need to enable the repository for this error. follow the instructions from this web link
“http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/adding-extra-repositories-on-ubuntu/” . After editing the /etc/apt/sources.list file don’t forget to issue the below command

sudo apt-get update

and then try to install the samba software by issuing sudo apt-get install samba smbfs, you will be done.

rgds
george

By: shane

shane — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:46:59 +0000

I’m new also, can I get more detailed commands like how to save the the part where we change the “security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers”
I can get the recording to come up, but just not sure what keys to press.
Thanks!!

By: Ambika

Ambika — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:25:27 +0000

Can any body inform me what is wrong with samba setup. It is showing below logs during installation.
root@BHUWS042:~# sudo apt-get install samba smbfs
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package samba is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
smbclient samba-common
E: Package samba has no installation candidate
root@BHUWS042:~# sudo apt-get install sambaclient smbfs
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package sambaclient
root@BHUWS042:~# sudo apt-get install samba-common smbfs
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
samba-common is already the newest version.
Package smbfs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package smbfs has no installation candidate
root@BHUWS042:~#

By: ghofur

ghofur — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:46:20 +0000

“cannot locate remote server” after install samba what goes wrong??? any idea?

By: ogomoe

ogomoe — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:35:27 +0000

Installing Samba on Opensuse 11.0 is different and I had to use nano as a text editor instead of gedit, but everything after the installation step in this how-to is spot-on.

Anyway, the point I’m trying to make is that this Ubuntu how-to is the most simple answer I found to get Samba working with Opensuse 11.0, imagine that!

Thank you, Geek!