Setup SAMBA server on Ubuntu

Step 1: Installation

#apt-get install samba

Step 2: Configuration

Configuration file : /etc/samba/smb.conf

• Edit below section

Workgroup = EXAMPLE

…………

Security = user

• Create a new section at the bottom of the file /etc/samba/smb.conf

[Samba Share]

Comment= Samba  File Server Share

Path=/path to directory

Browsable = yes

Guest ok = yes

Read only = no

Create mask = 0755

Step 3: Create directory and change permissions

#mkdir /path to directoy

#chown  -R nobody:nobody /path to directory

Step 4 : Restart Samba service

#/etc/init.d/samba restart

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!