December 3, 2014
samba setup with group
create smb-users group
sudo addgroup smb-users sudo chgrp -R smb-users /disk2/data
create user
useradd -c “name” username
add a current user to smb-users
sudo usermod -a -G smb-users someuser
set a samba password
smbpasswd -a username
Samba config file
**add this to /etc/samba/smb.conf **
[global]
workgroup = HOME
netbios name = SAMBA
server string = Samba Server %v
map to guest = Bad User
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = IPTOSLOWDELAY TCPNODELAY
preferred master = No
local master = No
dns proxy = No
security = User
[mydata]
path = /path/to/mydata
valid users = @smb-users
read only = No
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777