A Quick Guide to Samba @ PC Mechanic

Vikingod · Jun 29, 2006, 11:47 PM

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Ever wanted a simple, low cost way to make files available to every computer on your home network? This guide will teach you how to do just that, using a combination of Linux and Samba. What is Samba? Samba is an open source project that provides a highly configurable and tweakable fileserver for the Linux operating system.

At this point you may be asking yourself "Why don’t I just make a shared folder on one of my Windows computers?" There are several advantages to using Samba as a file server. First, and perhaps most importantly, it's free. Completely free. (At least the software is, you can’t make the computer to run it on appear magically out of thin air.) The second reason is that it's a good way to take advantage of an old unused computer you might have sitting around. Even a computer as slow as 500 Mhz will run a Samba server just fine, so if you have any old computers around you might as well give it a try. Finally, Samba is very customizable and tweakable, offering much more detailed control than Window file sharing.

Jun 29, 2006, 11:47 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	A Quick Guide to Samba @ PC Mechanic Source: PC Mechanic _________ Ever wanted a simple, low cost way to make files available to every computer on your home network? This guide will teach you how to do just that, using a combination of Linux and Samba. What is Samba? Samba is an open source project that provides a highly configurable and tweakable fileserver for the Linux operating system. At this point you may be asking yourself "Why don’t I just make a shared folder on one of my Windows computers?" There are several advantages to using Samba as a file server. First, and perhaps most importantly, it's free. Completely free. (At least the software is, you can’t make the computer to run it on appear magically out of thin air.) The second reason is that it's a good way to take advantage of an old unused computer you might have sitting around. Even a computer as slow as 500 Mhz will run a Samba server just fine, so if you have any old computers around you might as well give it a try. Finally, Samba is very customizable and tweakable, offering much more detailed control than Window file sharing.