erm hi there,
im abit blur on where to find the samba file to install,and how to activate it
i downloaded the latest version of samba on to my desktop.
i do not know which directory to run the file and find the file...
can someone help me .

yep thks alot

Samba is a service that starts when you boot up your computer. Your first step is to configure samba. The easiest way to do this is to install "swat" which provides web based configuration and links to the samba documentation on your system.

You will also need to enable the service to start when you boot the computer. For some distributions, there is a GUI configuration program where you can start by clicking on a "Samba" server icon. The configuration dialog will gather the information needed for the smb.conf file and should set it to start automatically. Also, it should adjust your firewall on the local interface to allow it to work.

You haven't supplied any information on which distribution you are running. You will want to supply this information and maybe a short description on what you want to do and something about your network. For example, do you want to have a share the anyone can use? Do you want to access your home directory from another computer, or do you just want to share a printer.

hey thks for replyin=)
i wanna do file,internet,print sharing
im using mandriva2005,i wonder which version is it...10.1?or 10.2

I don't have Mandriva, but I have used Mandrake in the past. There is a package that you can install the adds a server section of MCC. From there you can configure Samba. Unfortunately I'm not sure of the exact name of the package.
I think it is "wizdrake". If you do a search for a package with the characters "wiz" in them, then I think you can find it.

There are several ways you could configure samba. I think the easiest way would be to install the swat package if you haven't already. The opening page of swat has links to webpage man-pages on your system, as well as 2 reference books that have sample configurations. Another way is to use web-min. Webmin is a web based configuration system. It is what some people use instead of MCC to configure everything. Being web based, you can configure different computers from 1 computer using the same interface. You could also use the mandrake Samba configuration wizard, or edit the configuration file directly.

To share the internet, you need to the network configuration. It is the "gw" section that deals with masquerading (NAT). These are the samba references that I spoke of:

Using Samba, 2ed. - by Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein, and David Collier-Brown
The Official Samba HOWTO and Reference Guide
Samba 3 by Example
The Samba Developer Guide

The "Samba 3 by Example" will contain examples of various configurations. One of them should match very closely to what you want to do.

Lastly, you access swat by pointing your web browser to "http://localhost:901"
Then enter root as the user and the root password. There is also a cups interface at "http://localhost:631" to add a network printer on a remote linux system.