Using the tools offered Samba, that UNIX and Linux machines can share disk and printers with Windows servers. Among its options can share a drive with Windows machines to Linux, a Windows drive to share with Linux machines, sharing Linux printers with Windows machines to share a printer from Windows machines with Linux, etc..

Samba 3.2.12 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.

There are four basic things you can do with Samba:

Share a Linux drive with Windows machines
Sharing a drive in Windows machines with Linux
Sharing a Linux printer with Windows machines
Share a printer with Windows machines to Linux

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

Download Samba 3.2.12

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