Use Samba to share files in Linux and Windows
Use Samba to share files in Linux and Windows
1、Introduction
Samba is a free software for linking the UNIX series of operating systems with the Microsoft Windows operating system's SMB / CIFS (Server Message Block / Common Internet File System) network protocol. The third edition not only visits and shares SMB folders and printers, which can also be integrated into Windows Server domains, playing a domain control station (Domain Controller) and joining Active Directory members. In short, this software is a bridge between Windows and UNIX series operating systems, so that the resources are interoperable.
2、Install Samba Server on Linux（Ubuntu）
sudo apt -y update
sudo apt -y install samba
3、 Configure Samba server Share on Ubuntu
sudo mkdir -p /home/share
# Access to All without Authentication
sudo chmod 777 /home/share
Samba uses configuration file in /etc/samba/smb.conf. If you change this configuration file, the changes do not take effect until you restart the Samba daemon
sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
# Configure correct UTP
unix charset = UTF-8
# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will be part of
workgroup = WORKGROUP
bind interfaces only = yes
# Set share configuration at the end
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path = /home/share
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
create mode = 0777
directory mode = 0777
4、Test and Config Samba Clinet
To access a Samba share on the Linux system ,you need to install and configure Samba client .
sudo apt -y install smbclient cifs-utils
# test
smbclient //sambaserver/share -U sambausername
5、 Use Windows link Samba shared folders
Open up File Explorer and then right-click on This PC (in the left pane). From the resulting context menu, select Add a network location (Figure A)
Refer to
Mounting and mapping shares between Windows and Linux with Samba
