{"id":15,"date":"2019-11-01T01:03:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T01:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzly-hills.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2019-11-01T01:03:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T01:03:03","slug":"ubuntu-19-10-installing-samba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzly-hills.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/01\/ubuntu-19-10-installing-samba\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 19.10: File Sharing to Windows and Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Setting up Samba under Ubuntu 19.10 is relatively easy. This guide will show how to install Samba itself, then configure both a public drive meant to be shared among multiple users, and a per-user drive.<\/p>\n\n\n

NOTE<\/strong>: This guide assumes your linux machine is on your local network.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

First, install both samba and smbclient:<\/p>\n\n\n

sudo apt install samba smbclient<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n
Next, create a directory that will be the shared public drive, and set its ownership:<\/p>\n\n\n
sudo mkdir -p \/srv\/samba\/public\nsudo chown nobody:nogroup \/srv\/samba\/public\nsudo chmod 777 \/srv\/samba\/public<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n
Now it’s time to configure Samba. There’s two basic things that need to be configured: setting the user security, and adding the public drive.<\/p>\n\n\n
 To set the user security,  set security = user<\/strong><\/code> in the [global]<\/strong><\/code> section of \/etc\/samba\/smb.conf<\/strong><\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n
Enable the per-user drive in \/etc\/samba\/smb.conf<\/strong><\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n
[homes]\n    comment = Home Directories\n    browseable = no<\/strong>\n    read only = no<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n
To add the public drive, add this section to the end of \/etc\/samba\/smb.conf<\/strong><\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n
[public]\n   comment = Public Files\n   path = \/srv\/samba\/public\n   browsable = yes\n   guest ok = yes\n   read only = no\n   create mask = 0755<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n
Now, restart the Samba services to pick up these configuration changes:<\/p>\n\n\n
sudo systemctl restart smbd.service nmbd.service<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n
Since Samba doesn’t use the linux login credentials for a user, you must add each user that needs access to a shared drive using the  smbpasswd<\/strong><\/code> command:<\/p>\n\n\n
sudo smbpasswd -a <unix username><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n
Also, if you’re running a firewall on your linux machine, you’ll probably have to allow access for your local network. You can allow specific machines, or a subnet. I use ufw to control my firewall configuration, so for me I simply allowed all access for my internal network:<\/p>\n\n\n
sudo ufw allow from 192.168.0.0\/16<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n
To connect to a drive from Windows, I right-click on the Network <\/strong><\/code>item in File Explorer<\/strong><\/code> and select Map network drive...<\/strong><\/code>, and use \\\\<hostname>\\public<\/strong><\/code> or \\\\<hostname>\\<unix username><\/strong><\/code> as the Folder.<\/p>\n\n\n
To connect to a drive from the Mac, I use Go -> Connect to Server...<\/strong><\/code> in the Finder, then use smb:\/\/<hostname>\/public<\/strong><\/code> or smb:\/\/<hostname>\/<unix username><\/strong><\/code> as the address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Setting up Samba under Ubuntu 19.10 is relatively easy. This guide will show how to install Samba itself, then configure both a public drive meant to be shared among multiple users, and a per-user drive. NOTE: This guide assumes your linux machine is on your local network. First, install both samba and smbclient: sudo apt … <\/p>\n
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