Samba As a Primary Domain Controller(PDC)

What is Samba?

• Samba is a software package that helps windows and unix computers co- exist in the same network.
• Samba is a software package used in Linux system to share file and printer between Linux and windows system.

Why Samba?

• Microsoft networking (file sharing) is based on CIFS(common Internet File system) which was developed from SMB (server message block)
• Samba was developed as a freely available SMB server for all unix system and has been upgraded to support CIFS.

To access a shared file in windows from Linux

• #mount - t smbfs - o username= <> ,password= <> / / Machine's IP/ shared_folder_name / mount_point
• #smbclient / / Macine'sIP/ shared_folder_name - U <>%<>

To access a Shared file in Linux from windows

• click run from start menu: \ \ Linux_machine_IP\ shared_name
• prompted for <> and <>
• To map a drive for a shared folder
• net use M:\ \ IP\ shared_file_name
• mycomputer - - > map network drive