How to install the Samba server on Ubuntu 12.04

Part 1:configuring anonymous share with Samba server

To install the Samba package,enter the following command:

sudo Install Samba Samba-common

Check the version of installed Samba software by using this command:

SMBD--version

Also install these suggested packages for Samba:

sudo Install Python-glade2 System-config-samba

Go to your Windows machine and use this command in order to check the WORKGROUP name:

NET config workstation

It'll show the output, something like this:

Backup The smb.conf file, then delete it and create the new one:

sudo CP /etc/samba/smb.conf/etc/samba/sudorm /etc/samba/sudo Touch /etc/samba/sudo nano/etc/samba/smb.conf

Add this, in your smb.conf file (or change it according to your requirement):

#======================= Global Settings ===================================== [global]workgroup = WORKGROUPserver string = Samba Server%vnetbios name = Ubuntusecurity = UserMap to guest = bad Userdns proxy = no#======================== = = = Share definitions ============================== [Myshare]path =/samba/share browsable =yeswritable = yesguest OK = Yesread only = no

Save the smb.conf file and restart the service:

sudo service smbd restart

Access the Samba share from Windows (where Ubuntu is the name of my samba server):

WAO, we is able to access the Samba share successfully :-)

Let's try to create something, inside the share folder:

Error, we cannot create anything inside the share folder :-(

Check the current permission on the Samba share:

cd/samba/ls -l

Change it, in such a-a-the-all can read and write it (Check it, that it's allowed in your environment or not):

sudo chmod 0777 Share ls -l

Try to create something again, inside the share folder:

Verify the newly created file on Samba server:

CD share/ls

Part 2:add and manage users and groups

ADD a group in your Ubuntu server (in my case smbgrp):

sudo addgroup smbgrp

Create a new share, set the permission on the share, add the user to the Samba group and create samba password:

cd/samba/sudochownls -sudochmod0770 secure/ls -lsudo  adduser arbab smbgrpsudo smbpasswd-a arbab

ADD the newly created samba share in smb.conf file:

[Secure] path =/samba/secure Valid users = @smbgrp guest OK = no writable = yes browsable = yes create mask = 0777

Restart the Samba service and check the syntax error with testparm:

sudosudo testparm

Testing from Windows machine:

Verification from Ubuntu Server:

cd/samba/secure/ls -l

Hope this would help you!

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How to install the Samba server on Ubuntu 12.04