Configure Samba Server on Ubuntu for file sharing

Networking & Servers Nov 20, 2020 0 786 Add to Reading List

How to configure Samba Server in ubuntu 20.04 or ubuntu 18.04 or any linux server

First I will explain the methodology to install the samba with anonymous sharing. To install samba run,

apt-get install samba samba-common python-glade2 system-config-samba

It will install samba with version 4.1.6-Ubuntu.

Now to configure samba edit the file /etc/samba/smb.cnf before making changes I will make the backup of original file as /etc/samba/smb.cnf.bak

mv /etc/samba/smb.cnf /etc/samba/smb.cnf.bak

Further give the entries like this

vi /etc/samba/smb.cnf

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server %v
netbios name = ubuntu
security = user
map to guest = bad user
dns proxy = no
#============================ Share Definitions ============================== 
[Anonymous]
path = /samba/anonymous
browsable =yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no

mkdir -p /samba/anonymous

service smbd restart