1. Install the packages required for Samba
yum install samba
2.Restart the services and enable them at boot
service smb restart
chkconfig smb on
3. Edit the samba configuration file
vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
4. Make the following changes
(in the line containing)
WORKGROUP = EXAMPLE
hosts allow = 172.24. 127. (make sure your ip address/network address is included)
Add or edit the following lines depending on your requirement , am providing a sample here
[common]
path=/common (path that is exported for samba server)
browseable=yes (readable or not)
valid users= tony (give user names who can use this service)
5. Now issue the following commands in terminal
smbpasswd -a tony
(Give password)
chcon -R -t samba_share -t /common
service smb restart
testparm
6. To check whether your samba server is up or not
log on to another system and use smbclient //address/common -U tony
HTH