This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on
Ubuntu 8.10 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB
protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a
standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup,
every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol
and [...]
Openfiler is a high performance operating system tailored for use
as a SAN/NAS appliance. This configuration will enable two Openfiler
appliances to work in an Active/Passive high availability scenario.
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Just a short how to access samba shares via the command line.
smbtree – finds windows machines and samba shares. See example below:
~$ smbtree
Password:
WORKGROUP
MSHOME
\\MYTH-DESKTOP myth-desktop server (Samba, Mythbuntu)
\\MYTH-DESKTOP\videos Videos
Workgroup and MSHOME are two workgroups found [...]