Samba – How to view what version of samba I am running for the domain controler samba Is there a command line way to see what version of Samba I am running? Best Answer Use the smbstatus command from the shell to get an output like this Samba version 3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4 Related SolutionsSamba Server as domain controller Yes you can. You can take a look at the official redhat 6 documentation you will see that : What Samba can do: Serve directory trees and printers to Linux, UNIX, and Windows clients Assist in network browsing (with or without NetBIOS) Authenticate Windows domain logins Provide Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) name server resolution Act as a Windows NT®-style Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Act as a Backup Domain Controller (BDC) for a Samba-based PDC Act as an Active Directory domain member server Join a Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 PDC What Samba cannot do: Act as a BDC for a Windows PDC (and vice versa) Act as an Active Directory domain controller Samba configuration for public shares If you follow the FAQ link from JasonAzze, you will see there is a "map to guest" line which is also required, so you need both of these lines: security = user map to guest = Bad Password I had the same problem as the OP, and I have tested that this solution works on Fedora 18 Related TopicLinux – How to check if a computer have already joined a domain with Samba
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Use the
smbstatuscommand from the shell to get an output like thisSamba version 3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4