Samba Service Guide

Samba implements the SMB/CIFS protocol, enabling file and printer sharing between Linux and Windows systems.

Installing Samba

On Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install samba

On CentOS/RHEL

sudo yum install samba

Configuring Samba

Edit the configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add a shared directory:

[share]
   comment = Shared Directory
   path = /srv/share
   browseable = yes
   read only = no
   valid users = user1

Set the Samba password for the user:

sudo smbpasswd -a user1

Starting and Managing Samba

sudo systemctl start smbd
sudo systemctl enable smbd
sudo systemctl status smbd

Accessing from Windows

Open the file explorer and visit \\<server-ip>\share, then log in with the Samba username and password.