How to install Samba server on red hat or fedora linux server
Triying to share files to windows server by network, one way is using a samba server.
sudo yum install samba samba-client
Edit config file, edir the [glocal] config setting the WORKGROUP, and the networks interfaces allow to the samba service and on the end of the config file check the access for the share files mappping. Remenber that the shared files has to be permission for the group.
sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Create a samba user with an already user from the OS linux
sudo smbpasswd -a OLD_USER
Start samba service
sudo /etc/init.d/smb start
Check startup Samba service
/sbin/chkconfig --list smb
Enable samba service in startup server (just in case)
Enable samba service on FIrewall
system-config-firewall
Enable samba service on SELinux, go to Boolean Menu and enable samba
system-config-selinux
Test Samba access from localhost with OLDUSER
smbclient -L localhost -U OLDUSER
