Starting Samba services

The Samba smbd and nmbd services must be running before Windows® computers can access files on Linux® or the UNIX® system using Samba. Configure your host to start the smbd and nmbd services at boot time. Platform-specific instructions for configuring automatic service startup are included in the Samba documentation.

You can also start Samba services manually from the SWAT interface:

  1. Click the STATUS icon at the top of the SWAT interface home page.
  2. Click Start smbd. The page refreshes and should display the smbd status as running.
  3. Click Start nmbd. The page refreshes and should display the nmbd status as running.
Parent topic: Installing and configuring Samba
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