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1. Read the Manual/Documentation.

2. Search www.Google.com/Linux/

3. Create a backup copy of smb.conf

# CD /etc/samba

# cp smb.conf smb.conf.bak

4. Read/Edit the Samba configuration file.

vim smb.conf

5. Start the Samba daemon.

# service smbd start

6. Check to see if everything works.

(It rarely does the first time!)

7. Troubleshoot

# CD /var/log/samba

# vim smbd.log

(look for key words like 'Failed' or 'Error')

OR

If you followed step 2 you may have found this:

http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/sambaserver.shtml

which walks you through the GUI method of setting up Samba on Fedora.

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