J wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 06:09, Grump <fuelg44@gmail.
> <mailto:fuelg44%
>> Samba is already installed in this version but I can't find a menu to
>> configure it other than using the terminal & modifying the smb.conf folder
>> where I'm denied permission to do so & my attempts to obtain ownership
> also
>> fail. :(
>> G.
>
> You need to be root to do this.
>
> In your terminal do this:
>
> # su -
>
> then enter the root password, then you can cd into /etc and edit to
> your hearts content...
>
> Just be sure to do this:
>
> service smb restart
>
> or
>
> service samba restart
>
> assuming that Mint includes service like Red Hat and RH Clones do....
>
> Otherwise, you may have to do something like this:
>
> /etc/rc.d/rc.
>
> or something similar. I've never used Mint, so I'm not familiar with
> where they put the startup scripts, so YMMV and all that stuff.
>
> I think samba also supports reload, so just use "reload" instead of
> "restart" which should just re-read the config file and go, as opposed
> to shutting the samba server down and starting it from scratch.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff
>
Editing my menu shows this command being called:
gksu system-config-
Add that as a menu item under your admin menu, or just enter it into
your terminal.
Also, try installing GADMIN, it has a SAMBA configuration section
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