How to share files with Samba

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date: 2022-05-05 14:13:31

categories: linux

firstPublishDate: 2022-05-05 14:13:31

This is my samba setup in which I have a server and the server root is shared with other clients on my local network. I have used this setup in Debian Bullseye and Debian Bookworm/testing.

For other ways transfering files, read

how to transfer files between devices

Server setup:

apt-get install samba

Edit `/etc/samba/smb.conf` to share the server root:

[homes]
  browseable = yes
  read only = no
  create mask = 0755
  directory mask = 0755

;*******************SHARE ROOT*****************
[root]
comment = root
path = /
valid users = myusername
read only = no
create mask = 0765

Restart the samaba server:

systemctl restart smbd.service

Create a samba password for `myusername`:

smbpasswd -a myusername

Client setup

Install `mount.cifs`:

apt-get install cifs-utils

Add the shared drive in `/etc/fstab`:

//SERVER_IP_ADDRESS/root /mnt cifs noauto,user,username=myusername,password=mypassword 0 0

Mount the shared drive in the client:

mount /mnt

hashtags: #linux #samba

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