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Objective

The objective is to configure basic Samba server to share user home directories as well as provide read-write anonymous access to selected directory.
There are myriads of possible other Samba configurations, however the aim of this guide is to get you started with some basics which can be later expanded to implement more features to suit your needs.

Operating System and Software Versions

• Operating System: - Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
• Software: - Samba Version 4.7.4-Ubuntu or higher

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver will be required.

Difficulty

MEDIUM

Conventions

• # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
• $ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Scenario

The below configuration procedure will assume a following scenario and pre-configured requirements:

• Server and MS Windows client are located on the same network and no firewall is blocking any communication between the two
• MS Windows client can resolve samba server by hostname ubuntu-samba
• MS Windows client's Workgroup domain is WORKGROUP

Instructions

Install Samba Server

Let's begin by installation of Samba server. This is rather a trivial task. First, install tasksel command if it s not available yet on your system. Once ready use tasksel to install Samba server.

Configuration

We will be starting with a fresh clean configuration file, while we also keep the default config file as a backup for reference purposes. Execute the following linux commands to make a copy of an existing configuration file and create a new one:

Homes share

In this section we will be adding user home share directories into our new /etc/samba/smb.conf samba configuration file.
Samba has its own user management system. However, any user existing on the samba user list must also exist within /etc/passwd file. If your system user does not exist yet, hence cannot be located within /etc/passwd file, first create a new user using the useradd command before creating any new Samba user. Once your new system user eg. linuxconfig exits, use the smbpasswd command to create a new Samba user: Next, use your favorite text editor to edit our new /etc/samba/smb.conf samba configuration file: and add the following lines:

Create Anonymous Share

In this section we will add a new publicly available read-write Samba share accessible by anonymous/guest users. First, create a directory you wish to share and change its access permission. Example: Next, add the following lines into Samba configuration file using your favorite text editor sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf: Your current Samba configuration file should look similar to the one below:

Restart Samba Server

Our basic Samba server configuration is done. Remember to always restart your samba server, after any change has been done to /etc/samba/smb.conf configuration file: Once you restart your Samba server, confirm that all shares have been configured correctly: Optionally create some test files. Once we successfully mount our Samba shares, the below files should be available to our disposal: Lastly, confirm that your Samba server is up and running:

Mount Samba Shares

At this stage we are ready to turn our attention to MS Windows. Mounting network drive directories might be slightly different for each MS Windows version. This guide uses MS Windows 7 in a role of a Samba client.

Mount user Home Directory

To start, open up you Windows Explorer then right-click on Network and click on Map network drive.. tab. Select drive letter and type Samba share location. Make sure you tick Connect using different credentials if your username and password is different from the one created previously:
Enter your Samba user name and password:
You should now have a read-write access to your user's home directory:

Mount Anonymous Samba Share

Similarly, mount your anonymous/guest Samba share. However this time no username and password will be required:

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