How to create a share using samba under Ubuntu

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How to Create a Network Share via Samba via CLI (command-line interface/Linux Terminal)-Uncomplicated, Simple and Brief way!

In this text, I teach how to create a network share via Samba using the CLI (command-line interface/linux Terminal) in an Uncomplicated, simple and brief targeting Windows users.

Procedures

All commands must is done as root (precede command with ' sudo ' or use ' sudo su ').

2. Install Samba
   1. sudo apt-get update
   2. sudo apt-get install Samba
3. Set a password for your user in Samba
   1. sudo smbpasswd-a <user_name>
      1. Note:samba uses a separate set of passwords than the standard Linux system accounts (stored in/etc/samba/smbpasswd), So you'll need to create a Samba password for yourself. This tutorial implies so you'll use your own user and it does don't cover situations involving other users passwords, GR Oups, etc ...

         Tip1:use the password for your own user to facilitate.

         Tip2:remember that your user must has permission to write and edit the folder you want to share.

         Eg.:

         sudo chown <user_name>/var/opt/blah/blahblah

         sudo chown:<user_name>/var/opt/blah/blahblah

         Tip3:if you ' re using another user than your own, it needs to exist in your system beforehand, you can create it without a Shell access using the following command:

         sudo useradd USERNAME--shell/bin/false

         ?

         You can also hide the user on the login screens by adjusting LIGHTDM ' s configuration, in/etc/lightdm/users.conf add the NE Wly created user to the line:

         hidden-users=

5. Create a directory to be shared

   Mkdir/home/<user_name>/<folder_name>

7. Make a safe backup copy of the original smb.conf file to your home folder,

   sudo cp/etc/samba/smb.conf ~

8. Edit the file "/etc/samba/smb.conf"

   sudo nano/etc/samba/smb.conf

   2. Once "smb.conf" have loaded, add this to the very end of the file:
   4. ?
   6. [<folder_name>]
   8. Path =/home/<user_name>/<folder_name>
   10. Available = yes
   12. Valid users = <user_name>
   14. Read Only = no
   16. browseable = yes
   18. Public = yes
   20. writable = yes

       Tip:there should is in the spaces between the lines, and note que also there should is a single space both before and aft Er each of the equal signs.

10. Restart the Samba:

    sudo service smbd restart

12. once Samba have restarted, use this command to check your smb.conf for any syntax errors

    testparm

14. To access your network share

    To access your network share use your username (<user_name>) and password through the path "Smb://

    1. Note:the Default User group of samba is "WORKGROUP".

Source

1. Http://www.hardcode.nl/archives_147/article_548-samba-quick-setup-on-ubuntu-1004.htm

How to create a share using samba under Ubuntu