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How to install Samba in Ubuntu or Linux and access it in Mac OS and Windows

Borhan Uddin

8 Sep, 2022

How to install Samba in Ubuntu or Linux and access it in Mac OS and Windows, Samba permits to proportion documents and printers with different computer systems remotely, regardless their running system (Linux, home windows, Mac.). This manual display the way to install and configure the Samba provider in a Ubuntu system and get entry to it via home windows and mac.

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Setting up the Samba File Server on Ubuntu/Linux:

Open the terminal
Install samba with the following command: sudo apt-get install samba smbfs
Configure samba typing: vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
Set your workgroup (if necessary). Go down in the file, until you see :
Set your share folders. Do something like this (change your path and comments)
Restart samba. type: /etc/init.d/smbd restart
Create the share folder: sudo mkdir /your-share-folder
Set the permissions: sudo chmod 0777 /your-share-folder
you are all set in ubuntu

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = WORKGROUP

Accessing Samba Server Files from:

Mac OS

Open finder
Menu Go -> Connect to server (command-k)
In the "Server Address" textbox, type: smb://<your-ip-address-to-ubuntu>
Connect
Select guest and OK
Your all set, you'll be able to see /<your-share-folder> from here.

Windows

Start button -> Run
Type: \\<your-ip-address-to-ubuntu>\<your-share-folder>
All set

If you need to enable the samba ports in your firewall these are the ports:

port type    port no
udp        137
udp        138
tcp        139
tcp        445

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