pengertian samba

By Jonathan Moeller - Last updated: Friday, May 9, 2008 - Save & Share - 46 Comments

The recent post about Ubuntu 8.04 hosing a Samba install has gotten quite a few hits, so it seems that I’m not the only one who’s having this problem. For those having Samba problems with Ubuntu 8.04 (after an upgrade from a previous version), I suspect the best approach would be to uninstall Samba entirely, reinstall it, and redo the settings from scratch. Along those lines, here are instructions on how to install Samba on a Ubuntu 8.04 machine, and how to set up basic file sharing on a folder for a single user.

First, make your way to a Terminal window, and install Samba:

sudo apt-get install samba

This will download the Samba files from the Ubuntu repositories and install them. Once Samba is installed, you’ll need to create a Samba password for yourself:

sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME

(USERNAME, of course, being your username.)

Type a password of appropriate strength twice (utilizing uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and punctuation). Once that’s done, you’ll need to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file, Samba’s configuration file. Start by making a folder named ‘test’ on your Desktop; we’ll use that for the shared folder. Next, make a safe backup copy of the original smb.conf file to your Desktop, in case you make a typo:

sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf ~/Desktop

Now use your text editor of choice to edit smb.conf:

sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

(Gedit will probably be the easiest due to the GUI; but you can use vi or emacs just as readily.)

Once smb.conf has loaded, add this to the very end of the file:

[test]
path = /home/USERNAME/Desktop/test
available = yes
valid users = USERNAME
read only = no
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes