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Samba Setup on Linux

1. run updates
   • sudo apt-get update
   • sudo apt-get upgrade
2. Install it
   • sudo apt-get install samba
3. create samba users (I believe they are the same user as local login, but just use a different password for auth, which needs setting here)
   • sudo smbpasswd -a <username here>
4. Set permissions to any files and folders you want to share to be correct to the user

5. setup shares in the /etc/samba/smb.conf with the following syntax - I put it in the Share Definitions section

   [<share_name>]
   comment = description
   path = /path/to/folder/to/share
   valid users = <user_name>
   read only = no
   create mask = 755
   directory mask = 755
   browseable = yes

   • this can be useful if you need to modify permissions that are written:
     • force user = [usernameNoBrackets]
6. restart the samba services
   • sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
7. If you have a firewall setup, open ports 137 and 445

this document last modified: October 06 2017 21:42

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