Install and Configure GUI Mode Samba network share on Ubuntu 12.04 latest


In this example, I will show how to install samba and configure network share on Ubuntu 12.04. Samba is a graphical user interface to help with configuration and management, there are several GUI interfaces to Samba available, for me the most simple and powerful one of these tools is samba server configuration tool.

Installing Samba on Ubuntu:

1- Install Samba files
First thing we need to do is to install samba, go to Software center in Ubuntu and search for samba then install the package. If you want to install it via terminal then copy this command :
sudo apt-get install samba samba-common
2- Install some dependencies for Configuration tools (don`t forget to install python-glade2)
sudo apt-get install python-glade2
3- Installing Samba Server configuration Tool :
Now install the graphical interface System-config samba
sudo apt-get install system-config-samba
4- Add a Linux/Unix user:
adduser pirat9
5- Make a Linux/Unix password for user pirat9
passwd pirat9
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6- Now open samba configuration tool.
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7- Add the folder you want to share and setup the permissions access.
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Setup the permissions access
8- Now before to connect to the share, you have to create the samba user :
sudo smbpasswd -a pirat9
New SMB password
retype New SMB Password
Now the configuration is done.
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Tip : You can chose any directory you want to share by right click on the folder directory and open the share options
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And activate share:
9- Now, let`s test if samba share is working from another Linux Machine, in my case will try to connect from LinuxMint12 machine to Ubuntu 12.04 machine where we just installed samba, from menu open connect to server and type the details of your Ubuntu machine
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12- Connect from windows (XP/Vista/7)
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Hope the article would be useful.
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 author by :-zimbio

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