SAMBA (smbd) Server

HowTO setup SAMBA on Ubuntu 20.04-26.04 LTS

INTRO - OBJ

Setup a SAMBA server for File Sharing

BOOKs

  Using Samba: A File and Print Server for Linux, 3rd Edi

DOCs

  Ubuntu Server documentation (Set up Samba as a file server)
  How to Set Up Samba File Sharing on Ubuntu 26.04 | https://linuxconfig.org
 

VIDs

 

CONFIGs

• /etc/samba/smb.conf

-- Prerequisites

- Update

• # update

-Install samba

• # install samba

-Check install successful

• #systemctl status smbd.service

-Create linux user, then create smb passwd (?must have linux account in order to setup SAMBA passwd)

• #sudo useradd -M -s /sbin/nologin "user"
• #sudo smbpasswd -a "user"