I noticed I have never posted a video in my blog. So, here is one that may help you setup Samba if you’re new to Samba Shares.
How to create Samba (Windows) shares in Linux. Step by step examples to create shares with and without authentication, as well as a network share RecycleBin.
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Set SMB user password:
~$ sudo smbpasswd -a user1
Map local accounts to smbusers:
~$ sudo nano /etc/samba/smbusers
Samba documentation:
https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html
/etc/samba/smb.conf sample configuration:
#============== Global Settings ==================== [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d server string = File Server netbios name = COMPUTER_NAME security = user encrypt passwords = true username map = /etc/samba/smbusers map to guest = bad user guest account = nobody dns proxy = no force user = user1 force group = sambashare # ============= Enable the recycle bin ============== vfs object = recycle recycle:repository = /home/user1/Shares/recyclebin/%U recycle:touch = Yes recycle:keeptree = Yes recycle:versions = Yes recycle:noversions = *.tmp,*.temp,*.o,*.obj,*.TMP,*.TEMP recycle:exclude = *.tmp,*.temp,*.o,*.obj,~$*,*.~??,~*.*,*.TMP,*.TEMP,lock.*,.~lock.*,LOCK.*,*.lock,*.~lock,*.LNK,*.lnk,*.ldb recycle:excludedir = /recyclebin,/tmp,/temp,/TMP,/TEMP [RecycleBin] path = /home/user1/Shares/recyclebin browsable = no public = no writable = yes #============== Share Definitions =================== [Guests] comment = Guest Network Share path = /home/user1/Shares/guests browsable = yes guest ok = yes writeable = yes [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /home/%S browseable = yes valid users = %U writable = yes force user = %U force group = %U [Public] comment = Public Users Share path = /home/user1/Shares/public valid users = %U write list = %U browsable = yes guest ok = no writable = yes [Private] comment = Private Share path = /home/user1/Shares/private-share/ browsable = yes guest ok = no read list = @sambashare write list = user1
