On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 01:01:19AM +0100, Andrew wrote: > Hello, > > > Today, I was suggested to use Samba by Plone people, meaning I Hadn't heard > of Samba before. It seems to be exactly what I have been looking for for some > time, but I obviously am completely blank about Samba, so you will excuse my > silly question, please. > > I want to install Samba on my server, but after over two hours searching the > site, I found there are plenty of very useful documentation, but not enough > tips for a newbie like me to start with. > > Follows what I have, so you can kindly tell me which installer I must > download to start. > > Apache Linux server (Arvixe) > PC running Windows 7 Ultimate with MS Office. > > My problem arises from the fact that after all the time spent searching and > reading I did not understand whether the installers are recommended according > to the server or to the PC-OS. Which one shall I use, please? > > > Thank you very much for enlightening me.
If you install a standard Linux distribution (the most popular are Red Hat, SuSE, Ubuntu or Debian) then it will include a Samba server package (or the ability to add one). I would start there if I were you. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
