Glad to hear that you succeeded in getting Samba installed. Next steps to getting it to work are: 1) edit your /etc/samba/smb.conf file to fit the needs of your network. 2) use "testparm" (without the quotes) to verify that your smb.conf file is correct. 3) start your samba services with: service smb start service winbind start (if you need winbind) 4) connect to a samba share with a Windows client If everything tests out OK, configure Samba to start at boot time with chkconfig. If not, stop the samba services with "service smb stop; service winbind stop" (again, without the quotes). Adjust your smb.conf file then repeat steps 2 through 4. Good luck. T references: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/testparm.1.html http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/install.html http://linux.die.net/man/8/chkconfig --- CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: Pseudo-legal disclaimers do not buy you or your employer any legal recourse for leaked information. E-mail messages should never contain privileged or confidential information. Always treat e-mail as "public". -----Original Message----- From: Johansson, Ronnie [mailto:Ronnie_Johansson at europ-assistance.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:54 AM To: Hoover, Tony Subject: RE: [Samba] Installing Samba on RedHat Linux 5.3 Hi Tony, Many thanks for your help! Today we've got connected to RHN and I followed your three steps and Samba was installed on our Linux server. How do I go on? Best regards Ronnie -----Original Message----- From: Hoover, Tony [mailto:hoover at sal.ksu.edu] Sent: den 29 april 2012 15:46 To: Johansson, Ronnie; samba at samba.org Subject: RE: [Samba] Installing Samba on RedHat Linux 5.3 first, configure yum to use the sernet samba repos. (you will need to be "root") - cd /etc/yum.repos.d - wget http://ftp.sernet.de/pub/samba/3.6/rhel/5/sernet-samba.repo - yum install samba3 a periodic "yum update" (we use a cron job) will keep your system up to date, including Samba if you use the yum repos instead of "brute-forcing" RPM to install individual packages. -----Original Message----- From: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org on behalf of Johansson, Ronnie Sent: Thu 4/12/2012 11:22 AM To: samba at samba.org Subject: [Samba] Installing Samba on RedHat Linux 5.3 Hi there, I am a real Linux newbie and need help how to install these samba files. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga) Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5 on an x86_64 $ ls libsmbclient0-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm libsmbclient-devel-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm libwbclient0-32bit-3.6.4-44.el5.i386.rpm libwbclient0-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm libwbclient-devel-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm samba3-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm samba3-client-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm samba3-debuginfo-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm samba3-doc-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm samba3-utils-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm samba3-winbind-32bit-3.6.4-44.el5.i386.rpm samba3-winbind-3.6.4-44.el5.x86_64.rpm $ uname -a Linux euapg-db005 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86x $ rpm -qa | grep release redhat-release-notes-5Server-25 redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3 $ Please help me with this as soon as possible. Many thanks Ronnie This email and any files transmitted with it contain information which may be confidential and which may also be privileged and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Unless you are the intended recipient you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. Any opinions expressed are that of the individual and not necessarily that of Europ Assistance Holdings Ltd or any of its subsidiaries. If you have received this email in error please notify mailto:postmaster at europ-assistance.co.uk Europ Assistance Holdings Limited Registered Office: Sussex House, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1DN. Registered in England No: 758979. Europ Assistance Holdings Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. (FSA Registered number 311883) This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by Sophos Anti-Virus for the presence of computer viruses. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba