Windows file serving can be configured graphically or via the command line:
Within Gnome or KDE, do the following:
Install the samba packages. Click Main Menu => System Settings => Add / Remove Applications. Select Windows File Server and click details. Make sure redhat-config-samba is also selected. When finished, hit Update.
Configure the Windows File server. Click Main Menu => System Settings => Server Settings => Samba.
Start the Samba service and set it to start by default. Main Menu => System Settings => Services, select the smb service and click Start to start the service (use Restart if it is already running).
Confirm your Samba server is working. Click Main Menu => Network Servers.
Open a terminal and do the following:
Install the samba, samba-client and samba-common packages. At the prompt, switch to the root user: su -l root
Install the package: rpm -Uvh /path/to/files/samba-*.rpm
Open /etc/samba/smb.conf in an editor (for example, nano: nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
Start the smb service and set it to start by default by typing: service smb start chkconfig smb on
Confirm your web server is working by running smbclient -L server . You should see a list of shares on the machine.
If you have problems testparm will check your configuration file for syntax errors.