Here are the steps I followed to run Samba 3.0.14 under Windows XP Pro SP2:
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Download <a href="http://cygwin.com/setup.exe">http://cygwin.com/setup.exe</a> and run, to install Cygwin on your system.<br />
Select the following additional packages:
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wget
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unzip
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Add <tt>c:\cygwin\bin</tt> to your system's PATH environmental variable.
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Open a Command Prompt window, and type:
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cd c:\
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Download <a href="http://www.smithii.com/files/plugins/z_samba.zip">http://www.smithii.com/files/plugins/z_samba.zip</a> to <tt>C:\</tt>:
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wget http://www.smithii.com/files/plugins/z_samba.zip
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Unzip the contents to the current directory:
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unzip z_samba.zip
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Rename <tt>z_samba</tt> to <tt>samba</tt>:
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move z_samba samba
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Disable the NetBIOS by executing:
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cd samba
regedit.exe /s files\disablenetbios.reg
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Select Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services, and change the Startup Type to 'Manual' for the following services:
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Server
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TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
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Workstation
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NLA
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Reboot
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Open a Command Prompt window, and type:
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subst z: c:\samba\files
subst y: c:\samba\files\ramdrv
path=c:\cygwin\bin;z:\samba;%path%
y:
mkdir \tmp
cd \samba
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Edit <tt>c:\samba\files\ramdrv\samba\smb.conf</tt> as needed to match your environment.
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Empty out the example passwords in smbpasswd:
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copy /y NUL smbpasswd
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Add a Samba password for each local user on the system:
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smbpasswd -a <i>username</i>
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Start Samba by typing:
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nmbd --configfile=./smb.conf --log-basename=./logs --hosts=./lmhosts --daemon
smbd --configfile=./smb.conf --log-basename=./logs --daemon
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Now, go to another machine, and type:
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net use * \\<i>1.2.3.4</i>\c$ /user:<i>username</i> <i>password</i>
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where <i>1.2.3.4</i> is the machine name, or IP address of the machine running Samba, <i>username</i> is the name of the user you just added, and <i>password</i> is that user's password.
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