Samba Documentation for FC6

[Rahul Sundaram]

Benjy Grogan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Samba is a big problem for me.  I have spent way too much time trying
> to get Samba to work on Fedora so that I can communicate and transfer
> files to and fro the XP/Vista machines on my home network.  The GUIs
> for Samba just don't do it for me.  Would it be possible to fill a
> page at fedoraproject.org on how to use Samba strictly from the Gnome
> Terminal Window.  If you go to Google you come across too much
> outdated information on Samba.
> 
> I would like to be able to do the following from the Gnome Terminal
> 
> 1) Configure a simple Samba server that would optimally communicate
> with Windows machines
> 2) Start the Samba Server up
> 3) Check for it's health
> 4) Scan for other Samba servers coming from Windows machines on my home 
> network
> 5) Send a file to one of these Windows machines or receive a file.
> 
> 
> In the past few days and over the years I have seen Nautilus crashes,
> empty Nautilus windows, Firewall problems, Password problems,
> Undiscoverable Windows machines, and on and on.  Currently, I can't
> even find Samba in Gnome 2.16's menu system.
> 
> I would really appreciate a How To on using Samba strictly from the
> Gnome Terminal.  By now I would have thought I'd have mastered Samba
> but I am far from it.  It's too much of a wild beast.

We would love to see more contributors working on Fedora documentation. 
If you are interested, refer to 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/NewWriters. You can get a wiki 
account with edit access by following 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/WikiEditing

Rahul