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

  1. Install samba 
    sudo apt-get install samba
  2. Configure sharings.
    Save your samba configuration:

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

    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

    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.

  3. Restart samba to make it take into account the configuration 
    sudo restart smbd
sudo restart nmbd
  4. 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>
  5. You should be able to connect to your shared folders from a Windows/Linux computer using user <username>.
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