19.2 Installing a Samba Server
To install a Samba server, start YaST and select Software > Software Management.
Choose Filter > Patterns and select File Server. Conrm the installation of the required
packages to nish the installation process.
19.3 Starting and Stopping Samba
You can start or stop the Samba server automatically (during boot) or manually. Starting
and stopping policy is a part of the YaST Samba server conguration described in
Section 19.4.1, “Conguring a Samba Server with YaST” (page 349).
To stop or start running Samba services with YaST, use System > System Services
(Runlevel) and check winbind, smb, and nmb. From a command line, stop services re-
quired for Samba with rcsmb stop && rcnmb stop and start them with rcnmb
start && rcsmb start; rcsmb cares about winbind if needed.
19.4 Conguring a Samba Server
A Samba server in openSUSE® can be congured in two different ways: with YaST
or manually. Manual conguration offers a higher level of detail, but lacks the conve-
nience of the YaST GUI.
19.4.1 Conguring a Samba Server with
YaST
To congure a Samba server, start YaST and select Network Services > Samba Server.
19.4.1.1 Initial Samba Conguration
When starting the module for the rst time, the Samba Installation dialog starts,
prompting you to make just a few basic decisions concerning administration of the
server. At the end of the conguration it prompts for the Samba administrator password
(Samba Root Password). For later starts, the Samba Conguration dialog appears.
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