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How to Install and Configure SAMBA on Ubuntu 24.04 - Tech with Vichka

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  Introduction: Samba is an open-source utility that enables file sharing between machines running on a single network. It enables Linux machines to share files with machines running different operating systems, such as Windows. Prerequisites: - Ubuntu system (this guide uses Ubuntu 24.04. The same steps work on other Ubuntu). - Sudo privileges. - A text editor (this tutorial uses Nano). Most Linux package managers have Samba in their default repository. To configure Samba on Ubuntu, follow the steps below: Step 0./ Update package sudo apt-get update Step 1./ Install samba package sudo apt install samba Step 2./ Create a directory /tmp/sambashare that you want to share via samba sudo mkdir -p /tmp/sambashare sudo chmod 777 /tmp/sambashare sudo chmod 777 /tmp Step 3./ Configure shared directory Append the following configuration: {sambashare} comment = Samba And Linux path = /tmp/sambashare read only = no browsable = yes sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf s...