Samba

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Implementation of the SMB server.

1. Utilities

  • smbpasswd
    • -a USER set a smbpasswd for a new smb user. The smb user is also the Linux user, which is neccessary for access control.
    • USER without -a would change the password for existing smb user.

2. Configuration

/etc/samba/smb.conf

  • [global] section
    • guest account = USER set a guest user
  • [SHARE]
    • The name of the section is used to access the share.
    • public = yes/no
    • only guest = yes/no

Author: Jeemin Kim

Created: 2026-07-16 Thu 21:33