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=no

public=no

browsable=yes

write list= 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.

If any valid users option is not specified, then all samba users can access the shared data. By Default shared permission is on writable=no means read only sharing. Write list option is used to allow write access on shared directory to certain users or group members.