Samba File Share Installation - LeandroTheDev/arch_linux GitHub Wiki

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• sudo pacman -S samba

Configuration

• sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf Add

[global]
workgroup = MYGROUP
server string = My Server
server role = standalone server
log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.smbd
max log size = 50
dns proxy = no

[diskname]
path = /samba/diskname/
writable = yes
browsable = yes
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
read only = no
guest ok = no

First create the group for disk permission

• sudo groupadd -r mydiskgroup

Create the user for login if not exist

• sudo useradd -G mydiskgroup myuser

• If exist then add the group for existing user sudo usermod -aG mydiskgroup myuser

Add a password for the user to login in samba

• sudo smbpasswd -a myuser

Configuring the folder

Creating the samba folder

• sudo mkdir /samba
• sudo mkdir/samba/diskname

Giving permissions for the group

• sudo chown -R :mydiskgroup /samba/diskname
• sudo chmod 2775 /samba/diskname

Starting the samba

For based linux

• sudo systemctl enable --now smb

For unbased windows users

• sudo systemctl enable --now nmb