On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:40 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > Spike Turner wrote: > >> I've looked at the CentOS docs-list as well as the Wiki as I was >> interested in Samba. >> >> On one CentOS box I've got 3.0.32 (the latest bug-fixed version from >> Samba.org) >> and on another I've got 3.0.28 (the latest from upstream). The docs look >> almost the same and the docs refer to security = share. However 3.0.32 comes >> with a blank smb.conf making it harder to get a secure server up and >> running. >> >> Is there a plan for a quick and dirty guide on the Wiki for setting up >> Samba >> with secure settings as well as TDB rather than deprecated settings? >> >> > > FWIW (about what you paid), I've often used SWAT to setup my Samba initial > configuration. > > yum install samba-swat, then edit /etc/xinetd.d/swat and put a # in front > of 'disable = yes', save this file, service xinetd reload, and then use a > browser to connect to http://localhost:901 log on as root, and fill out > the forms > > (if you want to manage swat from a seperate workstation, # out the > only_from line too, or add your LAN ip or cidrrange, seperated by a space > example: > only_from = 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.0/24 > would allow localhost or anyone on the 192.168.0.0/24 network to access > swat) > > I know a lot of folks disparage swat, but its a lot easier than remembering > all the obscure settings in the smb.conf files when you've got better things > to do. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > You may want to look at a third party samba packager for better documentation such as: http://enterprisesamba.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081008/20c1a3df/attachment-0005.html>