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A friend asked me for a quick primer on how to set up a windows accessible share under RHEL 5, so I thought I would include it here for the benefit of anyone interested.

• sudo yum -y install samba
• sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
• replace the file with something like so:

[global]
workgroup = SOMEWORKGROUPNAME
server string = SERVERHOSTNAME Samba Server Version %v
security = user
netbios name = CALLMESOMETHING
[data]
comment = my data share
path = /data
read only = no
writable = yes
guest ok = no
available = yes
valid users = USERNAME

• add a local user to the box: sudo useradd USERNAME
• add the local user to samba and give password: sudo smbpaswd -a USERNAME
• restart samba service: sudo service smb restart
• make sure samba starts at boot: sudo chkconfig smb on
• adjust your firewall settings if necessary

At this point you should be able to access the share at //servername/data.
Have fun!