How to install Samba on Xubuntu 12.10

This Xubuntu 12.10 tutorial will show you how to install Samba on Xubuntu 12.10. At the end we will have a simple file server using samba on Xubuntu 12.10. Before you go any further, please keep in mind that this is a simple file server which means I do not use domain logon features on Samba. I only use user level authentication that should be sufficient for most SOHO file server.

Most steps on this tutorial done using command line with root privileges.

A. Install Samba on Xubuntu 12.10

Install samba using this command below.

apt-get install samba samba-common

Now check and start samba if it not started.

service smbd status
service smbd start

B. Configure Samba

We need to edit samba configuration file in /etc/samba/smb.conf. Edit some sections such as workgroup name, authentication/security level and share definition. Here is my smb.conf content

[global]
workgroup = UBUNTUPOP
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
dns proxy = no
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

####### Authentication #######
security = user
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
pam password change = yes
map to guest = bad user

#======================= Share Definitions =======================
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no

[Share]
comment=This is the shared folder
path=/mnt/share
browseable=yes
read only=no
guest ok=no
writeable=yes

C. Add new share

To add a new shared folder, we need to create a new directory for example /mnt/share

mkdir /mnt/share
chown -R root:users /mnt/share
chmod -R 776 /mnt/share

And now edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and add the following lines to the bottom (see example above)

[Share]
comment=This is the shared folder
path=/mnt/share
browseable=yes
read only=no
guest ok=no
writeable=yes

D. Add new samba user

For example I want to add new user name fitri to the system.

useradd -G users fitri
smbpasswd fitri

Now restart the samba

service smbd restart

Done. You can now access the shared folder from any computers.

2 comments

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Richard in Texas

21 Februari 2013 pukul 08.39

Excellent. Worked perfectly the first time with one minor fix. After installing the Samba packages, there are no users in the `smbpasswd` user repository. So, one must use the -a (add) command token before the user name in the smbpasswd command line:

smbpasswd -a fitri

21 Februari 2013 pukul 08.49

One other point: I advise, before starting this procedure, removing all existing file and folder artifacts of Samba if a previous install had occurred (especially /etc/samba). In other words, start 100% clean. Samba might operate okay but the administrator could get confused by obsolete files and folders.

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