Samba

Links

Install

I had complete success following the tutorial at Setting up File Sharing Between Windows, Linux, and Macs with Samba

The following will create a simple shared folder which anyone can read or write to:

sudo apt-get install samba

Configuration

Create a folder for sharing:

mkdir ~/repo/shared/
chmod 777 ~/repo/shared/

Make a copy of the Samba config:

sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.original

I changed the smb.conf file as follows:

In the global section, I set the name of the workgroup (this didn’t match the name of the workgroup on the Windows workstation):
```
[global]
workgroup = myworkgroup
```
At the bottom of the file, I created my share:
```
[repo]
  guest ok = yes
  path = /home/patrick/repo/shared
  read only = no
```
In the Authentication section I un-commented security and changed user to share:
```
security = share
```
Re-start the service:
```
sudo /etc/init.d/smbd restart
```

Note: For GUI configuration you could try GADMIN-SAMBA. It is horrendously complicated and I don’t understand it… but seems to work better than the Ubuntu one!

Usage

In Windows Explorer browse to the IP address of your server, followed by the folder name e.g:

\\192.168.1.3\repo