1) system-config-securitylevel - select SAMBA
2) vi /etc/samba/
These are the lines I uncommented and modified. # and ; are commented out.
workgroup =
netbios name = test-l1
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam
[public]
comment = Public Stuff
path = /home/samba
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
3) smbpasswd -a
4) /etc/init.d/smb reload
5) vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 137 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 138 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT