Cheat sheet: Install a Windows network share server (SMB/CIFS) on Ubuntu server 14.04

Install samba

sudo apt-get install samba

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sudo apt-get install samba

Configure sharings.
Save your samba configuration:


mv /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.SAVE

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Put the folowing into a new /etc/samba/smb.conf file


[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###
workgroup = MYGROUP
server string = Samba server (%h)
netbios name = Serveur
dns proxy = no

#### Networking ####
#interfaces = 192.168.0.15
#bind interfaces only = yes

### Access rights ###
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0770

#### Debugging/Accounting ####
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

####### Authentication #######
security = user
# ATTENTION A BIEN REMPLACER "groupe_principal" par le nom du groupe dont vous faites partie
# (si vous êtes l'utilisateur principal, c'est également votre login)
# et de rajouter les éventuels autres utilisateurs...
#valid users = @guest, @smbgroup
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = no
map to guest = bad user

############ Misc ############
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
usershare allow guests = no

############ SHARING 1 ############
[MOVIES]
comment = Movies dir
path = /mnt/movies
browsable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = no
create mask = 0755

############ SHARING 2 ############
[DOCUMENTS]
comment = Documents dir
path = /mnt/documents
browsable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = no
create mask = 0755

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

workgroup = MYGROUP

server string = Samba server (%h)

netbios name = Serveur

dns proxy = no

#### Networking ####

#interfaces = 192.168.0.15

#bind interfaces only = yes

### Access rights ###

create mask = 0660

directory mask = 0770

#### Debugging/Accounting ####

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

max log size = 1000

syslog = 0

panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

####### Authentication #######

security = user

# ATTENTION A BIEN REMPLACER "groupe_principal" par le nom du groupe dont vous faites partie

# (si vous êtes l'utilisateur principal, c'est également votre login)

# et de rajouter les éventuels autres utilisateurs...

#valid users = @guest, @smbgroup

encrypt passwords = true

passdb backend = tdbsam

obey pam restrictions = yes

unix password sync = no

map to guest = bad user

############ Misc ############

socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

usershare allow guests = no

############ SHARING 1 ############

[MOVIES]

comment = Movies dir

path = /mnt/movies

browsable = yes

guest ok = no

read only = no

create mask = 0755

############ SHARING 2 ############

[DOCUMENTS]

comment = Documents dir

path = /mnt/documents

browsable = yes

guest ok = no

read only = no

create mask = 0755

and modify
– workgroup
– server string
– interface (put the IP of your NAS here if you want to restrict the samba listing interface)
– the name of your sharings ([MOVIES], …) and the path inside them.

Restart samba to make it take into account the configuration

sudo restart smbd sudo restart nmbd

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sudo restart smbd
sudo restart nmbd
Add users to access the shares (note that the default passdb backends require the user to already exist in the system password file (usually /etc/passwd), else the request to add the user will fail.)

smbpasswd -a <username>

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smbpasswd -a <username>
You should be able to connect to your shared folders from a Windows/Linux computer using user <username>.