This article will describe installing samba.
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 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