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Install and configure Samba

Install Samba​

Ubuntu​

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y samba
sudo groupadd smb
sudo useradd -m -g smb -s /bin/bash smb_myuser
sudo smbpasswd -a smb_myuser

# Change permissions on the shares
sudo chown -R smb_myuser:smb /mnt/storage1

RHEL​

sudo dnf update -y
sudo dnf install samba samba-common
sudo systemctl enable smb nmb
sudo systemctl start smb nmb

Then follow instructions as in the previous section.

Configure Samba​

Configure Samba by editing /etc/samba/smb.conf

[backups]
    comment = Backups
    path = /mnt/storage1/backups
    read only = no
    browsable = yes
    writable = yes
    guest ok = no
    valid users = @smb_myuser

[docs]
    comment = Shared documents
    path = /mnt/storage1/docs
    read only = no
    browsable = yes
    writable = yes
    guest ok = no
    valid users = @smb_myuser

Restart samba service: sudo service smbd restart