There are several dependent components for Samba. Samba shares
printers by using the local printing facility (generally CUPS today on
Linux). It also relies on WINS for naming services by default. Originally,
SMB was based on NetBIOS, later on NetBIOS over TCP/IP (with the
NetBEUI stack removed). It can now run without NetBIOS, which many
organizations require. To see and work with Samba files—for instance, to
create file shares or access them—you will need a GUI tool such as Nautilus
or Konqueror that supports SMB.