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Installing Samba on Ubuntu

What is samba?

Samba is an easy way to share files over Linux And Windows environment. Samba is presented by samba.org and is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.

Installing Samba.

lets update first the repositories.

open a terminal and type the following :

sudo apt-get update

now install samba

sudo apt-get install samba

now lets edit the configuration file of samba, but before that lets backup the initial configuration file.

cd /etc/samba/

sudo mv smb.conf backsmb.conf

Setup public folder:

First we will create the configuration for a share folder accessible from everyone without any user need it

sudo nano smb.conf

for that add the following to this file:

#
[global]
workgroup = Workgroup
server string = My Samba Share %v
security = user
map to guest = bad user
dns proxy = no
#
[ShareFolder]
comment = This is a folder accessible from everyone
path = /sharefolder
browsable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0755

next we need to create the directory that will host the share folder and change the user permissions

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 Normally at that point you should be able to access this share folder from Linux or Windows without any user credentials
-Setup Private Folder:
+'''Setup Private Folder:'''
 Next lets create a private folder only for Unix users

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−	#	+

	[smbuserdir]		[smbuserdir]

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−	~~====~~

	sudo mkdir /sharefolder		sudo mkdir /sharefolder

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	next we need to create the directory that will host the share folder and change the user permissions		next we need to create the directory that will host the share folder and change the user permissions
		+
		+	====
		+
		+	sudo mkdir /sharefolder
		+
		+	sudo chown -R nobody:nogroup /sharefolder/
		+
		+	sudo chmod 755 /sharefolder/
		+
		+	now lets restart the samba server
		+
		+	sudo /etc/init.d/smbd restart
		+
		+	Normally at that point you should be able to access this share folder from Linux or Windows without any user credentials
		+
		+	Setup Private Folder:
		+
		+	Next lets create a private folder only for Unix users
		+
		+	lets first create the a user named smbuser:
		+
		+	sudo useradd smbuser
		+
		+	lets create a password for smbuser that will be used for accessing the samba share
		+
		+	sudo smbpasswd -a smbuser
		+
		+	now the directory for that user:
		+
		+	sudo mkdir /smbuserdir
		+
		+	sudo chown -R smbuser /smbuserdir/
		+
		+	sudo chmod 755 /smbuserdir/
		+
		+	edit the samba config again:
		+
		+	sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
		+
		+	add the following:
		+
		+	#
		+
		+	[smbuserdir]
		+	comment = This is a folder accessible from smbuser
		+
		+	path = /smbuserdir
		+	browsable = yes
		+	guest ok = no
		+	read only = no
		+	create mask = 0755
		+
		+	now restart samba deamon
		+
		+	sudo /etc/init.d/smbd restart

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 sudo mv smb.conf backsmb.conf
-Setup public folder:
+'''Setup public folder:'''
 First we will create the configuration for a share folder accessible from everyone without any user need it

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 for that add the following to this file:
-−
+ #
-[global]
+ [global]
-workgroup = Workgroup
+ workgroup = Workgroup
-server string = My Samba Share %v
+ server string = My Samba Share %v
-security = user
+ security = user
-map to guest = bad user
+ map to guest = bad user
-dns proxy = no
+ dns proxy = no
-−
+ #
-[ShareFolder]
+ [ShareFolder]
-comment = This is a folder accessible from everyone
+ comment = This is a folder accessible from everyone
-path = /sharefolder
+ path = /sharefolder
-browsable = yes
+ browsable = yes
-guest ok = yes
+ guest ok = yes
-read only = no
+ read only = no
-create mask = 0755
+ create mask = 0755
-next we need to create the directory that will host the share folder and change the user permissions
+ next we need to create the directory that will host the share folder and change the user permissions
-−
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