Reference
1. Install Samba
Run :
sudo apt update
sudo apt install samba
We can check if the installation was successful by running:
whereis samba
2. Setting up Samba
Now that Samba is installed, we need to create a directory for it to share or provide an existing directory:
mkdir /home/<username>/sambashare/
The configuration file for Samba is located at /etc/samba/smb.conf.
To add the new directory as a share, we edit the file by running:
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
This will open the file in the nano text editor.
At the bottom of the file, add the following lines:
[sambashare]
comment = Samba on Ubuntu
path = /home/username/sambashare
read only = no
browsable = yes
Edit the path and [sharename] accordingly.
Then press Ctrl-O to save and Ctrl-X to exit from the nano text editor.
What we’ve just added
- comment: A brief description of the share.
- path: The directory of our share.
- read only: Permission to modify the contents of the share folder is only granted when the value of this directive is
no. - browsable: When set to
yes, file managers such as Ubuntu’s default file manager will list this share under “Network” (it could also appear as browsable).
Now that we have our new share configured, save it and restart Samba for it to take effect:
sudo service smbd restart
Update the firewall rules to allow Samba traffic:
sudo ufw allow samba
3. Setting up User Accounts and Connecting to Share
Since Samba doesn’t use the system account password, we need to set up a Samba password for our user account:
sudo smbpasswd -a username
Add your username in username, then it will ask to setup a new password for the share. Type the password and press enter, then renter it and done !!
Username used must belong to a system account, else it won’t save.
In windows you can access it in \\ip-address\sambashare