topic title: Samba
Posts: 46
Bestusernameever
Joined: 16 Jan 2013
#1
I may understand a little bit of linux now but can someone put detailed explanations on how to set up samba or a similar thing that can put a 500 gb external drive formatted to fat32 on /media/sdb1 over a network with windows computers.
Using antix 13 base so i don't think it already installed
Kernal 3.7.8
Posts: 75
tradetaxfree
Joined: 18 Jan 2012
#2

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sudo apt-get install samba
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for configuring Samba.

& see
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for opening the correct firewall ports for Samba.
Posts: 46
Bestusernameever
Joined: 16 Jan 2013
#3
I figured it out earlier but thanks for the response.
Install samba
Install smbnetfs
Install webmin(optional)
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sudo smbnetfs /directory
then add user or use webmin.
For webmin go to
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I suggest using webmin