Samba Server Configuration in Centos 6 with Full Access

Install Samba with yum

[root@bhagwat ~]# yum install samba

Create a directory with full access

[root@bhagwat ~]# mkdir -p /home/software 

[root@bhagwat ~]# chmod -R 0777 /home/software

Edit smb.conf file (change the following line)

[root@bhagwat ~]# vi /etc/samba/smb.conf 

## Line no 75 - Change the to windows default workgroup 

      workgroup = WORKGROUP 

## Line no 81 - Uncomment and set the IP Range 

      hosts allow = 127. 192.168.4. 

## Line 102 - set no authentication 

      security = share 

## Add the following lines at the bottom 

   [Softwares] 

path = /home/software 

writable = yes 

browseable = yes 

guest ok = yes 

create mode = 0777 

directory mode = 0777

Save & exit the samba file & Start the samba service with below command

[root@bhagwat ~]# /etc/init.d/smb start

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Disable SELinux & iptables if you are not able to access the shared directory