Hi guys, Is there a more user friendly way of using SAMBA? I'm not a technnical person and I've tried webmin to no avail. Any suggestions would help. Charles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070329/a8a1040b/attachment.html>
On 3/29/07, Charles Yao <admin at greenleecp.com> wrote:> Is there a more user friendly way of using SAMBA? I'm not a technnical > person and I've tried webmin to no avail. Any suggestions would help.There is the Samba "swat" tool. http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/SWAT.html>From memory, you need to install "samba-swat", then you need to enableand start the swat server with chkconfig and service (or just start it with service when you need it). I think you need xinetd too. Then from a browser running on the same machine, browse http://127.0.0.1:901. I believe when it asks you to login you can use root. *BUT* there are lots of security risks/concerns using this tool, which is why it isn't installed by default. -- Dave K Unix Systems & Network Administrator Mount Laurel NJ
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:29:18 +0800, Charles wrote:> Is there a more user friendly way of using SAMBA? I'm not a > technnical person and I've tried webmin to no avail. Any > suggestions would help.http://us1.samba.org/samba/GUI/ Miark
http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/ I don't know how much easier it could be than to follow one of the Example configurations. They pretty much tell you what to type. You'll also learn a bit more about Linux in general. Also, what you are trying to achieve may help others on the list help you. What do you want it to do? Fianlly, the Samba list has proven helpful for me: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/ Dennis -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Charles Yao Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:29 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Samba Hi guys, Is there a more user friendly way of using SAMBA? I'm not a technnical person and I've tried webmin to no avail. Any suggestions would help. Charles
Charles Yao wrote:> Hi guys, > > Is there a more user friendly way of using SAMBA? I'm not a technnical > person and I've tried webmin to no avail. Any suggestions would help.If you are only using the machine as a server and don't want to learn system administration, you might like the SME server distribution. It is based on Centos but the setup is highly customized to do all administration through simple web forms. (http://www.contribs.org) However it's not a good choice if you need NFS or desktop apps. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Charles Yao wrote:> Hi guys, > > Is there a more user friendly way of using SAMBA? I'm not a technnical > person and I've tried webmin to no avail. Any suggestions would help. > > Charles > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >you may also want to look at webmin (webmin.com) it has a pretty decent web based interface for (mostly) all your administrative needs including samba.