Samba<\/strong> is an open-source software that allows Linux\/Unix systems to share files and printers with Windows systems<\/strong> using the SMB\/CIFS protocol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 👉 In simple words: Main services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Main configuration file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edit configuration file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Add at the bottom:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Save and exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check status:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ✅ What is Samba Server? Samba is an open-source software that allows Linux\/Unix systems to share files and printers with Windows systems using the SMB\/CIFS protocol. 👉 In simple words:Samba = Linux ↔ Windows File Sharing 🔹 Features of Samba 🔹 Samba Architecture Main services: Main configuration file: \/etc\/samba\/smb.conf 🚀 Install Samba Server in Ubuntu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Samba = Linux ↔ Windows File Sharing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n🔹 Features of Samba<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\n🔹 Samba Architecture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\/etc\/samba\/smb.conf<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n🚀 Install Samba Server in Ubuntu<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Step 1: Update system<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt update<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Step 2: Install Samba<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt install samba -y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Step 3: Check installation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
samba --version<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n📁 Create a Shared Folder<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Step 1: Create directory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
sudo mkdir \/sharedfolder<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Step 2: Set permissions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
sudo chmod 777 \/sharedfolder<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n⚙️ Configure Samba<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
sudo nano \/etc\/samba\/smb.conf<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
[MyShare]
path = \/sharedfolder
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n🔄 Restart Samba Service<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
sudo systemctl restart smbd<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
sudo systemctl status smbd<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n👤 Create Samba User (Secure Method)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
sudo adduser username
sudo smbpasswd -a username<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n💻 Access Samba Share from Windows<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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\\\\Linux-IP-Address<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\\\\192.168.1.10<\/pre>\n\n\n\n