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Howto Create A Network Share Via Samba

This document provides instructions for creating a network share via Samba on the command line. It involves installing Samba, setting a Samba password for your user, creating a shared directory, editing smb.conf to define the share, restarting Samba, and then accessing the share over the network.

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Howto Create A Network Share Via Samba

This document provides instructions for creating a network share via Samba on the command line. It involves installing Samba, setting a Samba password for your user, creating a shared directory, editing smb.conf to define the share, restarting Samba, and then accessing the share over the network.

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How to Create a Network Share Via Samba Via CLI


1. Install Samba
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install samba
2. Set a password for your user in Samba
sudo smbpasswd -a <user_name>
# 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 that you
will use your own user and it does not cover situations involving # other users passwords, groups, etc...
# Tip1: Use the password for your own user to facilitate.
# Tip2: Remember that your user must have 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
3. Create a directory to be shared
mkdir /home/<user_name>/<folder_name>
4. Make a safe backup copy of the original smb.conf file to your home folder, in case you make an error
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf ~
5. Edit the file "/etc/samba/smb.conf"
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
# Once "smb.conf" has loaded, add this to the very end of the file:
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#

[<folder_name>]
path = /home/<user_name>/<folder_name>
available = yes
valid users = <user_name>
read only = no
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

(Tip: There Should be in the spaces between the lines, and note que also there should be a single space
both before and after each of the equal signs.)
6. Restart the samba:
sudo restart smbd
7. Once Samba has restarted, use this command to check your smb.conf for any syntax errors
testparm
8. To access your network share
# To access your network share use your username (<user_name>) and password through the path "smb://
<HOST_IP_OR_NAME>/<folder_name>/" (Linux users) or "\\<HOST_IP_OR_NAME>\<folder_name>\" (Windows users).
Note that "<folder_name>" value is passed in "[<folder_name>]", in other words, the share name you
entered in "/etc/samba/smb.conf".
# Note: The default user group of samba is "WORKGROUP".
Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/How%20to%20Create%20a%20Network%20Share%20Via%20Samba%20Via%
20CLI%20(Command-line%20interface/Linux%20Terminal)%20-%20Uncomplicated,%20Simple%20and%20Brief%20Way!

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