best practice to install samba

[Halim]

Hi All ,

Good day .
Do you mind to share me how is the best practice to install samba . The point is that I want my directory in Hp-Ux can be share with NT client .

I heard that samba can do that , but if there any alternative way please let me know .

Best Regards ,
Halim

[Steven E. Protter]

1) Samba is the easiest way. Thats because a Samba client is built into Windows and not an NFS client the other way to pull this off.

To install, do this:

http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8725AA

Thats the server piece which can be installed without a boot.

Then edit the smb.conf file and set up your shares. Its probably in /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf

Then

smbpasswd -a

/sbin/init.d/samba stop
/sbin/init.d/samba start

You should then be able to connect.

SEP

[Dave Olker]

Hi Halim,

If you're new to the HP CIFS Server product, which is HP's version of Samba, you'll want to familiarize yourself with the SWAT tool.

SWAT is the web-based administration tool that ships with Samba and CIFS, and it is a menu driven means of modifying the /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf file. It has a full online help facility that explains each option and how they interact with other options, and you can make changes via SWAT that take effect immediately. SWAT allows you to configure shares, printers, etc.

To start SWAT, after you've installed HP CIFS Server, simply point a web browser at your server system and specify port 901. For example:

http://yourserver:901

Hope this helps,

Dave

[R. Sri Ram Kishore_1]

Hi Halim,

I too recommend that you use HP CIFS. And use SWAT...it's a cool tool!

Regards,
Sri Ram