Changes

== Configuring the smb.conf File ==

In releases of CentOS prior to version 6, a user friendly graphical tool named system-config-samba was provided to assist in the configuration of Samba. In CentOS 6, however, this tool has been removed. This means that the Samba environment must be configured manually within the /etc/samba/smb.conf file and using the smbpasswd command line tool. Whilst the loss of system-config-samba may be mourned by those who relied on it, the tool’s simplicity actually masked many of the more advanced features of Samba. In practice, much more can be achieved by taking the time to understand the intricacies of the smb.conf file.