Samba is a implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol for Unix systems.It provides support for cross platform file and printer sharing that means you can share your files across computers (which may have different OS). Samba can also function as an NT4-style domain controller, and can integrate with both NT4 domains and Active Directory realms as a member server.Samba can be run on nearly all Linux distributions and many other OS like Windows,Mac etc.
Features
#1…It allows file and print sharing between computers running
#2...It is implementation of protocols like SMB,NBT(NetBIOS over TCP/IP),CIFS(enhanced version of SMB),DCE/RPC,MSRPC and many more.
#3...Samba sets up network shares for chosen Unix directories and these appear to Windows users as normal Windows folders accessible via the network.
#4...Unix users can either mount the shares directly as part of their file structure using the smbmount command or, alternatively, can use a utility, smbclient (libsmb) installed with Samba to read the shares with a similar interface to a standard command line FTP program.
Installing Samba from Synaptic Package Manager
1…Open the Synaptic Package Manager and search for the package “samba”.
2…Mark the Package for installation and click on “Apply”.
3…Wait until it gets installed(it hardly 2 minutes to install).
Installing from Software Center
1…Open the Ubuntu Software Center and search for the software “samba”
2…Click on “Install” and wait for some time until it gets installed.
Installing from Terminal
Open the terminal (press Alt+Ctrl+T)and type the following command
Sudo apt-get install samba
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