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By using samba file sharing want to share files between your Ubuntu and Windows computers. To install samba open a terminal window and enter the following command:
sudo apt-get install samba smbfs
Now samba is installed . We need to configure it to make accessible from windows machine.
#sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Find this section in the file:
####### Authentication #######
# “security = user” is a good ideato use. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ServerType.html
# in the samba-doc package for details.
; security = user
Uncomment the security line, and add another line to make it look like this:
security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
This sets Samba to use the smbusers file to look up the user list.
Create a Samba User
There are two steps for creating a users. 1st we’ll run the smbpasswd utility to create a samba password for the user.
#sudo smbpasswd -a
Next, we’ll add that username to the smbusers file.
#sudogedit /etc/samba/smbusers
Add in the following line, substituting the username with the one you want to give access to.
The format is
Now you can create “Samba Shares” and give access to the users that you listed here.
