This article will describe installing samba and sharing files with Windows 10. IP address of samba machine is 192.168.11.66.
Table of Contents
1 Install samba
Install samba with apt.
$ sudo apt install -y samba
2 pdbedit
Add user access to samba with pdbedit. This user must be exists in Linux. If user to be added by pdbedit does not exist, you need to add user with useradd.
$ sudo useradd -m hiroom2
This article adds hiroom2 with pdbedit.
$ sudo pdbedit -a hiroom2 new password: retype new password:
-t option reads password from stdout.
$ yes "${PASSWD}" | sudo pdbedit -a hiroom2 -t
3 /etc/samba/smb.conf
This article show how to share home directory for each user and share directory with multiple user.
Please reboot smbd and nmbd after editing smb.conf.
$ sudo systemctl restart smbd nmbd
3.1 Share home directory for each user
Share home directory for each user added by pdbedit.
$ cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/samba/smb.conf [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no read only = no valid users = %S EOF
3.2 Share directory with multiple user.
Share permission 0777 directory with multiple user adde by pdbedit.
$ cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/samba/smb.conf [share] comment = Share directory path = /var/lib/share read only = no guest only = no guest ok = no share modes = yes EOF
Change /var/lib/share's permission to 0777.
$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/share $ sudo chmod 0777 /var/lib/share
4 Access to samba from Windows 10
Access to the following URL with explorer. Sharing home directory is \\192.168.11.66\hiroom2. Sharing directory with multiple user is \\192.168.11.66\share.