Installing Samba

Install Samba.

sudo apt install samba

Create storage/share directory to be used with Samba. (In this example, I’ve chosen to mount a storage device to /mnt/samba, but this can be any folder on the system.)

sudo mkdir /mnt/samba

sudo mount [storage directory] /mnt/samba

Open Samba configuration file.

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add the following code to the bottom of the document.
Replace [share name] with the desire name for your Samba share.
Replace /mnt/samba with the directory you’ve chosen for your storage/share directory.

[share name]
   path = /mnt/samba
   browsable = yes
   read only = no
   guest ok = no

Set permissions for the Samba storage/share directory.

sudo chmod -R 0775 /mnt/samba

Create a (Linux) user to manage the Samba application.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

sudo adduser newusername

Create a Samba user and set password.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

sudo smbpasswd -a sambausername

Set storage/share directory’s user ownership to the Linux user you created two steps back.

sudo chown -R newusername:newusername /mnt/samba

Restart Samba.

sudo systemctl restart smbd.service

Open Samba’s Firewall port.

sudo ufw allow Samba

Reload Firewall.

sudo ufw reload