=====Setting up SAMBA=====

====Installing Samba====

Here is an [[http://computernetworkingnotes.com/network-administration/how-to-configure-samba-on-rhel-6.html | excellent link]] on setting up Samba
====Samba Tools====

To check the status of samba you can run the 

 **smbstatus** this will give you a listing of what shares are available and of any users connectect to those shares

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Another way to check from a Linux clinet machine is with 

  **smbclient -L //samba-server-name// -U //samba-user-name//

It will prompt you for password

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