How to setup Samba for File Sharing in Linux

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5 жыл бұрын

In this video, I go over how to setup samba for file sharing in Linux. This is a streamlined video that goes over the 2 easiest ways to accomplish this task.
Timestamps:
0:18 - Samba Share setup in Ubuntu GUI (nautilus)
2:25 - Terminal Setup - Smb.conf walkthrough
12:25 - Enabling SMB 1.0 in Windows
14:37 - Verifying Shares and Access
Below is my Samba Cheat-Sheet I created
Install Samba:
sudo apt install samba -y
Stop Samba Service:
sudo systemctl stop smbd
Create new directory to share:
mkdir linuxshare
Create New /etc/samba/smb.conf
In [global] tag add or change the folowing lines:
server role = standalone server
map to guest = bad user
usershare allow guests = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/16
hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
Add new tag at the end:
[linuxsharename]
comment = Open Linux Share
path = /home/titus/linuxshare
read only = no
guest ok = yes
force create mode = 0755
force user = titus
force group = titus
TEST SETTINGS Type: testparm
Restart Samba Service
sudo systemctl enable smbd
sudo systemctl start smbd
OPTIONAL: Allow samba through firewall
RHEL/Centos/Fedora
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=samba
Debian/Ubuntu/Mint
sudo ufw allow Samba
Now on any Windows Machines enable windows feature "SMB 1.0" .
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@ChrisTitusTech 5 жыл бұрын

Timestamps: 0:18 - Samba Share setup in Ubuntu GUI (nautilus) 2:25 - Terminal Setup - Smb.conf walkthrough 12:25 - Enabling SMB 1.0 in Windows 14:37 - Verifying Shares and Access

@gumbystern 4 жыл бұрын

Did you end up doing the advanced samba sharing Chris, i can't find it

@charliebrownau 4 жыл бұрын

Gday Why in 2020 does linux still require people to drop to command line and type shit in FFS in 2020 Linux still cant match windows 98se for MS PAINT and MS file sharing ease of use

@Twich0713 4 жыл бұрын

Hello! I am looking for: how to add files in the media server. I already have the server running my TV and my other devices already detect it but all the folders in it are empty, and I already tried to add files to the folders I also try to add permission in yast and in the terminal but the only thing I get is to duplicate the folders but they are still empty. I would appreciate it very much if you made a video of how to do it, I"m new on linux PLEASE! I don't want to go back to windows

@alfabetony 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliebrownau you obviously do not know the purpose of foss and also you have not had enough time with LInux to appreciate its intricacies and ease of use. On windows you need to the same thing and eventually end up in a command line anyways but to each its own

@MarkMacRae 5 жыл бұрын

Finally! A samba tutorial that works!! And I think you're the first to mention that option in Windows to enable samba shares. That old computer that's been uselessly running in my front closet for a year can finally be used as the file server it was meant to be. Thank you!

@Audiman0aha Жыл бұрын

Doesn't work, windows computer wants credentials and after I enter them it tells me I don't have permission to use the network resource.

@sourabhsingh5678 13 күн бұрын

I have tried a whole lot of things. This is the only one that worked. Thanks a lot for this and for a lot of your other work.

@macintosh8328 3 жыл бұрын

Old vid, but obviously still relevant. Been a while since I've used samba on a linux server. This helped me out. Thanks!

@Morphineck Жыл бұрын

Many, many, many thanks for this simple setup that works. As you said it is RIDICULOUS how much info is out there that just complicates things or includes super advanced setups that only very few people use. I can finally share my external drives over my home network with this setup. Seriously you are a life saver.

@ethantrexler6169 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I realize that your vid is 18 months old, but I was trying to configure Samba on Ubuntu 20.04 with Windows 10. I was using the default smb.conf file, but it was so confusing due to all the commented out params. I had read at least 1/2 dozen tutorials on setting up Samba on Ubuntu for Windows access, but none mentioned that you need to enable the SMB 1.0 service on Windows. Matter of fact, one tutorial I read linked to a Microsoft page which warned against using SMB 1.0. Well, I'm on a local network, and have excellent firewall so I am not worried about security with SMB 1.0. I have upvoted your video, and have liked and subscribed to your channel. Thank you. Ethan TX

@jhkcreates8462 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, same here. I guess I will re-add most of the config later but now I am just happy it works and I am not braindamaged.

@PeteBlakemore 4 жыл бұрын

It's alive, after ages of trying online forums, docs and failing I was just about give up on linux for this home server to install Windows. I thought one last chance for this installation, stumbled across this video and 20 minutes later Samba was up and running, thank you so much

@mcgiver2004 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video.. I was banging my head for days on this setup. :) The most useful part was enabling the windows 10 feature for smb1... alot of other guides did not show this step and made my setup to continue to fail... this helped me so much. Thanks again

@JAnthony419 3 жыл бұрын

Watching it work and looking at what I wrote assisted me in seeing what I had done wrong. I'm grateful for your tips, and as you stated at the beginning these are for the new users. Well these also help with troubleshooting little errors.

@frankie2fingers271 6 ай бұрын

dude you literally saved my ass. I needed to enable the SMB settings on my windows box - that was my problem. Been looking and looking for days. Thanks a million.

@christinakirkpatrick780 5 жыл бұрын

I recently made my htpc an Ubuntu machine...been working on it all day today, reading and errors left and right. Found your video, and I finally have it working! Thank you very much for creating this. I'm using Ubuntu 19.04 as the server and Windows 10 Pro laptop. Easy instructions to follow.

@prbrad514 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris just wanted to give a big THANK YOU. After watching this video I was able to set up my home network of 2 Linux computers and 2 Win 10 computers, I have been fighting this for days.

@Yasharvl 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, Thanks for the great video. As a reminder, I just wanted to add that we can't wait for the mentioned follow-up video on "Advanced Samba Sharing". ( I hope that I haven't missed it)

@techtonicsystems 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Many thanks for this excellent video, which has helped me solve a problem I've had for a while. Seems never trust the default smb.conf file. As a relatively new Linux user, I was avoiding editing the default file for fear of 'breaking' the system. Your approach worked perfectly!

@eduardorpg64 4 жыл бұрын

This helped me with an assignment! Turns out that my Windows Machine had the SMB 1.0 client disabled by default. I had to activate it, and it seems to be working (at least, for this example). Thanks!

@skullcityvideo 4 жыл бұрын

Man! You saved my life. Thanks for the pro setup. Worked like charm!

@originaldanman 2 жыл бұрын

Relatively new to Linux, running Kubuntu 20.04. I don't know why I didn't follow your instructions first, but after 14 hours I finally got it to work with your video. Thank you. However in all my previous blunders I found I had a problem with ssh and had to remove and reinstall which might have been part of my problem. So all's well, and it all works. Thanks again. Kubuntu 20.04

@ape7639 4 жыл бұрын

Worked great with Host: MX Linux / Debian Buster, Guest: Windows 10 on Virt-manager Qemu/KVM. A tutorial that is understandable and easy to follow. Next time I will look for instructions explicitly from you. That saves time. Thank you very much from Vienna, Austria

@glikar1 4 жыл бұрын

"Chris Titus Tech is awesome"! I'll second that. After trying many googled solutions I gave up on Samba, then I found yours. Simple and clean. Thanks!

@theodoros_1234 5 жыл бұрын

Very useful and informative video, as always. This helped me. Thanks!

@slowlymakingsmoke 3 жыл бұрын

Love it. Got this working on my Pop OS laptop to transfer tons of data from my Mac and PC. Thanks for making it so simple.

@ThatGuy89349 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks you. I spent a couple of hours of trying to figure out how to get Mint 19 to connect to a shared printer on my Windows Machine before finding your video.

@xnonsuchx 5 жыл бұрын

I remember when it used to be easy the other way around to browse Windows file shares from Linux and then several years ago, the Linux distros decided that wasn't secure enough or something, so now, even though the file managers have an option to browse Windows networks, it just comes up blank or gives you an inaccessibility error w/ no help to the user on what to do to enable it. It kinda felt like they were just saying, "Hey! You're a Linux user. Figure it out!" ;-)

@JangoDez 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I was becomming crazyyyyyy with those shares!

@nathansaylor1239 4 жыл бұрын

OMG! Dude, I've been doing all sorts of crazy stuff for weeks trying to find the magic combination to get this right. Found this video today and it just works! Had to undo some of the other stuff I had going on there, but so glad I found this. Thanks so much!

@mrderby0178 3 жыл бұрын

Chris, I relealize this video was created about 2yrs ago. However wanted to thank you for a very informative well explained process.

@drrsc 5 жыл бұрын

amazing. yet another video on how to share files/folders NOT between two actual machines, but using a host to virtual machine that already can share files/folders just by selecting an option from a drop down menu.

@cameraman5764 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris this works great , before installed samba and enabled samba in win 10 it did not work it was giving me a permissions error , following your script now works fine

@levigraves7267 2 жыл бұрын

This was too easy I am mad at how much time I wasted before watching this video. Thanks!

@SoulRollerFIN 4 жыл бұрын

Worked for me on Arch. FINALLY got samba to work. Great tutorial. Next step: being able to run games from the SMB folder on Windows 10 VM.

@computernerd5637 5 жыл бұрын

Some folks may run into a connection problem, as I did. You may mention that the default firewall settings may stop Windows or Linux computers on the home network from communicating with the smbd service on the Linux box hosting the shared folder. It took me a few minutes to figure this out. I used Gufw to Allow incoming connections from the Home network through the Linux box firewall. Also, the Windows 10 I am using will not automatically discover the share (apparently a Windows 10 issue). I had to "Add a network location" via "This PC" in the File Explorer in order to get access to the shared folder. Thanks for your efforts, which made setting up a Samba share simpler.

@AgeOfNerds 4 жыл бұрын

ty youtube for find you, damn it dude that is exactly what I was looking for. Big thanks from Brazil

@gregbenwell6173 4 жыл бұрын

I installed Samba on Ubuntu Bionic Bunny 18.04, and it installed correctly according to Ubuntu, but wouldn't show up on ANY Windows system in my network at all ANYWHERE in my home on the 6 other Windows computers I have running in my house!! TWO WEEKS I tried to troubleshoot the problem, two weeks everything I did failed, and I finally gave up, left it alone and was tempted to yank the install back off the Ubuntu machine I was running it on! THEN one morning I fired up my two work horse computers, my Ubuntu system and my Windows 7 machines, and half awake I sat here moving files between them like I normally do with a flash drive, until out of the blue I decided to open "network" in Windows Explorer, and there to my amazement was my Linux machine FINALLY showing up in the list....which when I clicked on it there in the "location folder" was my "Samba Drive" file folder I had set up as a test "place" on my network!! I don't know HOW it fixed itself, I don't know WHY it fixed itself, but for two weeks I couldn't get Samba to work or run or even show up on the network, and then one day it just started working two weeks later!! Now three more weeks have gone by and I still DO NOT UNDERSTAND what changed that Linux and Windows can now share files!! It is the weirdest "glitch" I have ever seen!!

@_ianjms 3 жыл бұрын

I have been trying to setup samba to have shared folders between my Windows guest in KVM and my linux distro Manjaro. I actually had Virtualbox running already before but I switched to KVM because I wanted to even lower the overhead running a bunch of Windows programs that can't be run on wine. I only have my lower end laptop with me so gotta conserve every drop of performance hahaha. My college already started their semester, and they are teaching Visual Basic, so yeah I needed Visual Studio. (Kind of lame really, they could have gone for python if they worry about difficulty but nonetheless, I need to comply.) THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN SIR TITUS, YOU REALLY HELPED ME OUT!

@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies Ай бұрын

As this video is old, I had some issues. I found that commenting out the "force user" and "force workgroup" lines were necessary, and it worked. I also had to configure my default firewall in linux mint, as was described in the description of this video.

@lolz8930 4 жыл бұрын

This tutorial worked perfectly for me! Learned some new stuff too. Excellent.

@stanleyskarshaug6865 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was a fantastic guide!

@NerfCat-zs2xe Жыл бұрын

great video, helped clear up stuff while troubleshooting my fileserver! definately saving for reference

@qball8up1968 2 жыл бұрын

Great job Chris! I'll have to check out the next installment.

@XxCrawdadCraigxX 3 жыл бұрын

Just informing me to enable SMB did the trick. Thank you so much!

@shanebagel 3 жыл бұрын

BEST TECH CHANNEL ON KZfaq

@Nicolai9933 4 жыл бұрын

Thx for this video about linux samba, you are a hero!

@johnsmith7510 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful and understandable! Thanks for sharing!

@StormFractured Жыл бұрын

9:01 the force create mode works, it just needs to be written as force create mode not mod.

@ReinaldoTrindade 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch! It's the only tut out here that here works. Can you make a video on diferent users and groups? Again, thanks a lot.

@mrnobody1321 3 жыл бұрын

I've used this to send files from my Laptop (linux) to iOS. Nice and Smooth. Thanks man! I still can get rsync working properly though XD

@alexandermironov8151 5 жыл бұрын

Your video will help me to share family photos between 2 computers with 2 users each. Thanks.

@009Ammu 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch short sweet simple works like a charm .

@bradpickerill4452 4 жыл бұрын

Chris, what is is the best way to share an entire drive rather than a folder? Is it a matter of mounting the drives with automount and then in the smb.conf point the share to /mnt/XXXX where XXXX is the drive info?

@rickbhattacharya2334 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video sir i created a samba share almost 1 year ago for my anime 😂 , but i haven't added that ip protection thanks . And please make a advance version on it

@ahmedjoo1858 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, it works as it should. for some reason using the build-in Ubuntu share for folders on an external USB drive was not accessible from windows. well, I can see the shared folder in windows explorer but can't open it, however, building the samba config file as you showed worked right away. I guess I need to check the differences between your .conf file and the original samba file.

@muhammadimranzahid5763 4 жыл бұрын

Best video yet keep it up buddy and thanks a lot

@countMonteTristo 3 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful for me, thanks Chris

@milindtft Жыл бұрын

Thenks! It works. Easy, quick and straight. 😀

@ShayGlenn 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Video... Brilliant. I was wondering... I'm setting up a file server for an office, just for CAD files on a network with mostly Microsoft Windows PC's. I was thinking to doing this on Ubuntu Server via Webmin. Or would you recommend using Windows Server? It will only be a fileserver.

@SchioAlves 4 жыл бұрын

Windows supports SMB by default, it only dropped support for 1.0/CIFS because it's crazy insecure. All it needs is add the "min protocol" parameter as SMB2 or SMB3 on smb.conf

@andrewsilvia5142 4 жыл бұрын

Great video that's easy to follow. Just don't forget to add rules to your firewall to allow access to your files. XD

@pixelmartyr8532 4 жыл бұрын

Kind of you Chris. Thank you for sharing

@v8pilot 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris for posting this. I heard there is a GUI for configgering Samba. Is that true? WHatever I do I get messages like 'server timed out' when I try to access shares from another Linux computer.

@Athul14311 5 жыл бұрын

Hello sir, Love all your videos and this tutorial worked great. Thanks. But oncr i got samba working, the transfer speed was too low than using windows. ( 7 MB/sec) . Any tips on that?

@wikingagresor 5 жыл бұрын

Another added level of security is creating a new group: sambashare and a new user: sambauser to be entry point into samba. It is important to disallow a shell for this user, then you can add yourself to the group sambashare and use this user and group as a default access point in smb.conf

@volkiruski1221 2 жыл бұрын

I did install Samba, I did install Nautilus, I did share 1 map with music (I want to share the whole disk, not possible?) (Do I need to make a new folder and put all my folders with bands and their music in that one?) But further....do I need to check your whole story you wrote with the Terminal? And what I do at the other side, my TV Box connected with my TV? I have VLC player or FooPlayer or Kodi, what do I need to do there? Thank you in advance for any response.

@bergePanzer581 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, what are the chances of taking another look at this in 2020? I think there's been some ah, 'changes', to the samba service works. Especially in Arch based distros...

@hightechhighlander 4 ай бұрын

I have gone through the cut and paste tutorial from Ubuntu and I am being limited to 100GB in my share is there a setting in my .conf I can change to expand into the full near TB of storage I have available? It is nice to see someone take the time to explain the terminal based implementations rather than the standard RTFM.

@MrHRScrc 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again @Chris Titus Tech . I just wonder why i don't have that "folder sharing" option in the shell of my fedora gnome :(

@indigowyrm 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Do you know how to share Linux to Mac? I'm using KDE neon

@PuraTechnologia 5 жыл бұрын

What about a FTP server? I tried to configure one for a little enterprise because they needed the server in their building and have access inside and outside the building. I just couldn’t have it right configured because they need the private address of the server inside the network and a DDNS doesn’t work inside, but it works outside the private network

@slappymcphee 4 жыл бұрын

my recommendation would be to also show how to just plain force smbv2 and v3. even samba on kernel 3.10 uses samba 4.3.x which supports native smb v2

@ChildOfDarkness85 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, i came across to this video searching for a solution for a problem with samba between my laptop and my desktop computer. Both are Linux Mint. But now i found out that mount is telling me this: "mount error(115): Operation now in progress" just because the firewall on my laptop was active and in default setting. i deactivated it for testing and the sharing worked just fine. Here is my Question: How do i set up the Firewall in a way that it can stay active but allow me to share files at home?

@manishsharma-tw6hz 3 жыл бұрын

It worked perfectly. Thanks a lot

@jakubsulkowski9114 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris. I wonder how to set up sharing on the Windows side. I have my main Windows pc that shares a media folder with all the divices on the network. I can connect from phone, I can connect from the other windows machines. However, my manjaro laptop can't connect to that folder at all. Please help 😟

@bitronic1 4 жыл бұрын

if i want a rolling distro for a dedicated file server with old hardware (amd64 single core with 2 gb ram) for an office, which distro should i pick? TIA

@aaronryder4008 5 жыл бұрын

setting up samba was killing me. it so fucking annoying I did everything like you did and even then it didnt work. Then I read your description and it said ufw then it hit me like a slap across my face that its the freaking firewall! Thank you man, great tutorial.

@bernds1488 3 жыл бұрын

what phantastic distros are you all running if you can select sharing by right click? i run mint 19.2 with mate desktop and there is not such thing.

@Anonymoususer-um6yr 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the clear instructions but are my files safe ? Is there any encryption or firewall option?

@stratchefjeff Жыл бұрын

Love your content. Re-film this one so you don't look like a psychopath.

@timelesstrance3720 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is taking off!

@davidjackson7675 5 жыл бұрын

You setup almost works on y Linux Mint.19.1 (Virtual-box). I see "VIRTUALBOX" in Network but when click on it , get "Window can not access \\VIRTUALBOX and "The network can't be found"?

@suryaprassetyo3078 3 жыл бұрын

wow i try and it's work thanks this tutorial help me a lot !!

@markkui86 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet! This worked like a treat!

@francisdeslongchamps5156 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, I don't know if you can help me ? Couple a day ago i try what you do and everything work fine on all my PC (Macbook and a window 10 machine). since then a redo my Linux server, and install samba and follow all the instructions and now it work only on my Macbook ?? Weird i check and all the Setting in Windows Feature was still there and i check couple more thing but i alway have the same Message that said (can't find the Path) And when i go to Win+ R and type my IP adress i have a erreur like i have persmissions error like my Lanman workstation (Policies) that allow guesst to login you know what i mean... It really weird i try to reinstall samba rebooting and always the same error Thanks

@webbster64B 4 жыл бұрын

hi, how does the user groups work ? does it work like windows groups where i can give permissions to a group and all the users in that group will get the perms ?

@eileeno4624 5 жыл бұрын

Can you please help me? How do I get the characters you put after /etc/samba$ ? I have searched the wikipedia and tried to install KCharSelect but it said it was unable to locatel Thank you. I will check software manager to see if I can find something there, but just in case...

@asv5769 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial Chris. Thank you very much. Is there an advanced tutorial with samba user management?

@palaniappanpraveen8527 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the video for setup samba

@martkt10 4 жыл бұрын

which version of ubuntu is this as i have tried various distrows with nautilus and non have had the share option

@TawandaKanengoni 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial it straight to the point and worked well. can you assist with one issue though how do i speed up my samba share its so so so SLOW

@rzogheb 4 күн бұрын

I am trying to share a usb drive from Ubuntu to win11. I have setup the samba service and successfully shared a folder but I am stuck on the syntax for sharing the external usb drive.

@Eric.Abraham 5 жыл бұрын

Fedora 30 has no LOCAL NETWORK SHARE on Nautilus right click menu. How to share folder in Fedora 30 with GUI?

@mikeregan2135 4 ай бұрын

Good job mate...thanks. Still learning Linux and loving it. Creating a network however, needs some simplifying from my vantage point. Sharing in windows is super easy and had no problems at all, but this Samba sharing has me jumping through that many darn hoops I dont know whether I am Arthur or Martha lol. Of course my interface is different from your older version, but I did manage to get all 3 of my boxes joined together on a semblance of a network (if you could call it that) and after giving preferences to just about every man and his dog, I can now view all boxes from every angle. Problem is... can't transfer folders from one to another (Permission denied) or edit a file that has been moved from one to another. Already balding and cant afford to pull any more hair out lol. Trying to see a funny side, but hard to do. Is there a way to give full permission without the 777 comand?

@jangelelcangry 2 жыл бұрын

Samba transfer speeds with Lubuntu & Pop!_OS tops @ 50MBps instead of 100 with windows 10. Do I need to setup something else to speed up Linux Samba?

@smakarl0 4 жыл бұрын

trying to share my 2nd drive or parts of it (data drive). The short share method functions on my main drive. I have not been able to make the 2nd shared. I have Samba and Webmin on Linux 18.04 64 bit. At this point I am just trying to share - the point of your video. please assist.

@stephanc7192 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Chris I enjoyed the video. Did you do the followup video on the samba? Kind regarda

@simisanoo5382 5 жыл бұрын

This is great thank you. Just a question about the host allow and deny IP addresses. I'm guessing that 192.168.0.0/16 is for the USA only, or your specific state? Is anything in that universal? I'm nervous to use my own IP or to use the ISP's IP address, not confident to know what a general range would be, or how to see that. Virtual Box is enabled, but windows terminal thinks otherwise. I didn't know to check any of these things or that I should understand DHCP more because I was taking the wrong IP for ages. I finally after 3 days got into the network from windows and I can't see my shared ubuntu folder.

@Cyanwasserstoff 5 жыл бұрын

The IP adress is a standard private network range, that is not localised in any means. Even in Germany we use the same range for private IP adresses. You need your local IP adress and not your router external IP adress to setup the smbd server. On linux ifconfig and you can look up your local IP adress.

@rogerkamp8817 4 жыл бұрын

Using chown to change ownership... i see the owner changes back to "root" instead of the current user after i have it setup... how do i make it not go back to root? also, how do i setup such that when logging in w/ Windows, it asks for username as in addition to password? it seems to have my name as the default username, not allowing me to change. thx in advance!

@BlancoJ360 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, thanks for the video, it's amazing but I wanna ask you if I may, what if I would like to share a folder on the network but makes samba everytime asking for a password? is that possible? thanks in advance for the answer :)

@vladekzbozinek Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanx. However I did not find part 2 that you had talked about.

@orivaisman262 4 жыл бұрын

hi, i have installed centOS 8 on VMware player, and on it i have configured samba as you did, i am trying to access the file server from other pcs and the host pc by typing into "run" the server's ip. but it doesn't work. anyone has an idea why?