Easy File Sharing with Smb Quick-Start on Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Linux
October 24th, 2016 by thelinuxevangelistLinux Ubuntu Samba Server Quick-Start
The Linux Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Getting-Started Easily to Sharing Files/Videos/Pictures over a Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, Android and iOS Local Network on Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak 32/64-bit GNU/Linux Desktop.
The Basic Setup Proposed here Skip All the Tricky Steps to Get only Started Quickly and Easily Sharing Stuff on Network!
The Sharing Directory will be in this Simple Case Read-Only to keep always the System Security Invulnerable.
Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.

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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands) -
How-to Install a Samba Server on Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety
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On Server Side Edit the Samba Config File
sudo su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution
nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
Append something Like:
[sharing] comment = Sharing Directory path = /home/[myUser]/sharing browseable = yes read only = yes guest ok = yes
Just Replace [myUser] with your Real username!
Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor :)
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Making the Sharing Directory
mkdir /home/[myUser]/sharing
chown [myUser]:[myUser] /home/sharing
Change [myUser] with Your User name!
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Restarting Samba & Winbind Services
service nmbd restart
service smbd restart
exit
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Setting Permissions over Shared Contents
chmod +r /home/[myUser]/sharing/[mySharedFile]
To Set on All Files use
chmod -R +r /home/[myUser]/sharing/*
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Find the Server IP on Terminal
ifconfig
Find the Server IP usually under eth0 >> inet addr: Line
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On the Client Side Connect to Server on File Manager:
On a Ubuntu Client it Looks like (For Other OSes Search for Docs/Apps on Google…)
Enter the Server IP as:smb://[serverIP]/sharing
Then You should be Happily Connected to Server Sharing Directory :)
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