Setting up a Samba file server
The Samba server allows you to share files over a network where clients use different operating systems, such as Windows, macOS, and Linux. In this section, we will set up a Samba server on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and access shares from different operating systems on the network. The SMB/CIFS protocol is developed by Microsoft; for more details, you can visit their developer pages at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/microsoft-smb-protocol-and-cifs-protocol-overview. Some information about the SMB/CIFS protocol can be found in Chapter 7, Networking with Linux, too. In the following sub-sections we will show you how to install and configure it on your local network.
Installing and configuring Samba
The installation procedure has the following steps:
- First, we will install Samba on the system using the following command:
sudo apt install samba
- Once Samba is installed, we can check whether the service is running as expected...
