How to setup samba for multiplatform sharing
Easy steps explaining how to setup samba. Transform any linux machine into a NAS you can use to share files on your whole network, in a multi platform configuration.
Install samba : apt-get update && apt-get install samba If you want to use NTFS volumes : apt-get install fuse ntfs-3g
Let's assume you want to share a volume mounted in /storage and your user name is userx. Perform as root.
Give ownership to userx on /storage/ chown -R userx /storage/
Define samba password for userx smbpasswd -a userx
Add samba user group groupadd smbusers
Give ownership to samba user group on /storage/ chown :smbusers /storage/
Add userx to samba user group usermod -G smbusers userx
Now edit samba configuration nano /etc/samba/smb.conf add this at the end :
[Storage] comment = Storage path = /storage valid users = @userx force group = smbusers create mask = 0750 directory mask = 0771 read only = no guest ok = no browsable = no
Optional reading : Samba configuration manual
Restart samba to apply service smbd restart && service nmbd restart
Access
Type ifconfig to see your local ip, then you can access your shares from that address.
Type \\192.168.0.7\Storage in the file explorer address on a windows machine for example
Mount samba share from linux CLI : mount -t cifs //192.168.0.7/storage /mnt/storage -o user=userx,pass=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
You may need apt-get install cifs-utils