1. Install Samba and the graphical configuration tool:
Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, paste the command below and hit run:
sudo apt-get install samba samba-common system-config-samba python-glade2 gksu
2. Open Unity Dash, search for and open the samba configuration tool:
3. When the tool opens, go to Preferences -> Server Settings.
Under Basic tab:
- Workgroup. Same to your Windows Workgroup name (case-sensitive). In Windows 7, right-click Computer icon and go to Properties, there you�ll see Windows Workgroup name.
- Description.This is the name of your computer as seen by Windows Users.
As it is not advisable to allow �Guests� there should be no reason to change the �security� settings tab unless you wish to do so.
Finally click the OK button to save it.
(Optional) 4. Create a special user for network file sharing
Go to System Settings -> User Accounts -> Click unlock -> Click + (plus) icon -> Choose Standard account and type in names.
Remember to set a password to enable the new account.
5. Next go to Preferences -> Samba Users. Click Add User:
- Unix Username: Select a user on this Ubuntu machine. You�ll access the shares from Windows machine with this user privilege. You can create a special user for file sharing by step 4
- Windows Username: When accessing from Windows machine, you�ll be asked to type this username and the password below.
- Samba password: When accessing from Windows machine, you�ll be asked to type the username above and this password.
- Confirm Samba password.
Finally, restart Samba service and done!
sudo restart smbd && sudo restart nmbd
To share a folder, click the green + (plus) button in Samba Server Configuration tool and you can then easily set the directory, name, read/write permissions and access users.
source from http://ubuntuhandbook.org/
