Ubuntu server file sharing

It lets you access your desktop files from a laptop and share files with Windows and macOS users. A Samba file server enables file sharing across different operating systems over a network. Now that we have our new share configured, save it and restart Samba for it to take effect: sudo service smbd restart Update the firewall rules to allow Samba traffic: sudo ufw allow samba 4.

Install and Configure Samba

Install and Configure Samba. Enter them to connect!

Then press Ctrl-O to save and Ctrl-X to exit from the nano text editor. Overview A Samba file server enables file sharing across different operating systems over a network. This guide covers the installation and configuration of Samba on Ubuntu.

Samba as a file server - Ubuntu

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Note: ip-address is the Samba server IP address and sambashare is the name of the share. To add the new directory as a share, we edit the file by running:.

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Thank you for your feedback. You have successfully unsubscribed! On Ubuntu: Open up the default file manager and click Connect to Server then enter:.