There are mixed lots of System running on Linux and Windows OS.

Do the following steps as:

1.vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]

netbios name=station?

workgroup = mygroup

server string=Share from Linux Server

security=user

smb passwd file=/etc/samba/smbpasswd

encrypt passwords=yes

[data]

path=/data

writable=yes

public=no

browsable=yes

valid users=user1 user2

2.smbpasswd –a user1

3.smbpasswd –a user2

4.service smb start | restart

5.chkconfig smb on

Samba servers helps to share the data between linux and windows. Configuration file is /etc/samba/smb.conf. There are some pre-defined section, i. globaluse to define the global options, ii. Printersuse to share the printers, iii. homesuse the share the user’s home directory.

Security=uservalidation by samba username and password. May be there are other users also. To allow certain share to certain user we should use valid users option.

smbpasswdHelps to change user’s smb password. –a option specifies that the username following should be added to the local smbpasswd file.