Difference between revisions of "Installing Samba from the command line"
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= Configure the test share = | = Configure the test share = | ||
* <code>sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf</code> | * <code>sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf</code> | ||
[New_share] | [New_share] | ||
comment= my share | comment= my share | ||
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Read only = no | Read only = no | ||
guest ok = no ; Change to 'yes' to allow anonymous access | guest ok = no ; Change to 'yes' to allow anonymous access | ||
While you're in there, if you don't have printer(s) connected to the machine, comment out or remove the [printers] and [print$] blocks | |||
* <code>sudo systemctl restart smbd</code> | * <code>sudo systemctl restart smbd</code> | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 19 January 2022
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Basic Samba install & minimal configuration
(Assuming you'll replace USER with your own username...)
mkdir ~/sharetouch ~/share/Foo
Install Samba
sudo apt install samba -y
sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
[New_share]
comment= my share
path = /home/USER/share
browseable = yes
Read only = no
guest ok = no ; Change to 'yes' to allow anonymous access
While you're in there, if you don't have printer(s) connected to the machine, comment out or remove the [printers] and [print$] blocks
sudo systemctl restart smbd
Set up usernames & passwords for Samba acess
(Samba uses it's own password list. Therefore, you'll need to set up each user...)
For each user that will be allowed access (USERs must exist as users on the system),
sudo smbpasswd -a USER
Additional bits to install
Client & utils & such... (optional)
sudo apt install cifs-utils samba-client -y
Usage Notes
NOTE: At this point, the share can be accessed, but you need to know where it is because Samba does not advertise it's presence.
You can see the shares from the machine by entering smb://MACHINENAME/ into the address bar of your file browser.