Abstract
Samba is a software package which allows GNU/Linux to act as a file and/or printer server for Windows machines. This wizard will only help you configure public shares, not private shares (if you wish to do so, refer to the documentation in the Samba package).
There are three steps in configuring Samba. The first will be to decide whether you want to enable files and printer sharing, as shown in Figure 1.8. Here are the three available features:
Enable /home/samba/public sharing area: all files stored in /home/samba/public will be publicly available on the local network for SMB clients (Windows or other);
Enable Server Printer Sharing: all printers served by this server will be available for printing on the local network for all SMB clients;
Make home directories available for their owners: each user having an account on the server will be able to access his own files from another networked SMB client.
Then you must enter the work group for which these shares will be available (Figure 1.9). You can either create a new work group or choose an existing one, but if you don't know what to do, please refer to your system administrator.
Finally, you will have to specify the name by which your Mandrake Linux server will be known to Windows machines, as shown in Figure 1.10. You may choose whatever name you want.