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| Samba is a group of Linux programs designed to be able to interact with windows default file sharing protocol SMB. The samba package offers a service which can be used to share media on a linux based machine to both XBMC and your home Windows PC easily. This article assumes some basic knowledge of the linux environment. All elements are done from a command line as it reduces confusion.
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| ==Installing Samba==
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| Due to the diversity of linux distros only two methods will be covered in this article the standard linux install and one using Gentoo's emerge package manager.
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| *Installing Samba regardless of distro
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| #<code>wget http://us4.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-latest.tar.gz</code> | |
| #<code>tar -xvf samba-latest.tar.gz</code>
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| #<code>cd samba-{version}</code> (At this time its samba-3.0.22)
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| #<code>./configure</code>
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| #<code>make install</code>
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| *Installing Samba using Gentoo's emerge
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| #<code>emerge samba</code>
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| ==Configuring Samba shares==
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| Note: Currently only the config for a public share will be posted.
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| Samba's configuration is stored <code>/etc/samba/smb.conf</code>. All the following items should be placed in that file.
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| *Global configuration
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| [global]
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| workgroup = <workgroup>
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| netbios name = <name of server>
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| server string = <title>
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| log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
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| max log size = 50
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| map to guest = bad user
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| socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
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| local master = no
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| dns proxy = no
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| :;workgroup : Should be set to the workgroup your home pc uses if you planning on accessing this share from a windows PC
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| :;netbios name : This is the name that will be displayed when browsing the your Network Neighborhood
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| :;server string : The title of the server that will be displayed in windows(This is not the share name)
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| *Share configuration
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| [public]
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| path = <dir to share>
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| public = yes
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| only guest = yes
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| writable = yes
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| :;path : Set this to the path to be shared by samba
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