The SMB protocol is used by Microsoft Windows to share disks and printers. Using the Samba suite of tools, machines UNIX (including Linux) can share disks and printers with Windows servers.

Samba 3.3.2 is a free and open source that allows us to have a file server, printers and other elements of a Windows network installed in our GNU / Linux distribution.

Samba 3.3.2 divided their work into different tools to share files, directories, create users, set permissions, share printers, etc.. All these can be managed from the command line, although in some desktop environments and graphics are some controls for file sharing.

One of the most striking of Samba 3.3.2 is the ability to share files and devices (printers, CD drives, etc.). Windows systems, with different transparent

In this way, Samba is one of the most interesting time to mount a file server in our distribution.

There are four basic things you can do with Samba:

• Share a Linux drive with Windows machines

• Sharing a Windows drive with Linux machines
• Sharing a Linux printer with Windows machines
• Sharing a printer with Windows machines to Linux

In addition to other more advanced settings such as PDC (Primary Domain Control).

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