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The easier way is to check with your package manager. dpkg, yum, emerge, etc. If that doesn’t work, you just need to type samba –version and if it’s in your path it should work. Lastly you can use find / -executable -name samba to find any executable named samba.
How do I test Samba?
How to Verify the Installation and Configuration of Samba
- Test the smb.conf file. If the global zone is being used for Samba. …
- If winbind is used, start and test winbind. Start and test winbind. …
- Start and test Samba. Start Samba. …
- Stop the smbd, nmbd, and winbindd daemons. …
- Unmount the highly available local file system. …
- Remove the logical host.
Is Samba running Ubuntu?
Samba is usually installed and run on Linux. It comprises several programs that serve different but related purposes, the most important two of which are: smbd: provides SMB/CIFS service (file sharing and printing), can also act as a Windows domain controller.
