The configuration file is commonly found at /etc/samba/smb.conf or /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.
You can choose from several Samba configuration GUIs, but we’ll go the old-fashioned route and point our text editors to smb.conf.
We’ll focus on configuring and using Samba for file and print-sharing in a typical home network with Linux and Windows machines. GNOME and KDE offer Samba client functionality built in to their default file managers, Nautilus and Konqueror, respectively. Windows machines and Macs come with the functionality to work with with Samba out of the box, and you should only need to install a single Samba package for Linux machines. Several cross-platform file and print-sharing solutions exist, but Samba and the SMB/CIFS protocol may be the easiest to implement in a home networking environment.
For all the devices in this familiar family setup, or even a scenario with thousands of users, the Samba suite is an ideal solution for file and print sharing. Your home network might have a few Windows machines on the ground floor, a Mac in an upstairs bedroom, a PocketPC on a nightstand, and a Linux box or two in the basement, all networked with a generic router.
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