Simplifying the Complex - by Kamran Shah

Install necessary packages using below apt-get install command sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install samba samba-client samba-common samba-common-bin smbfs winbind Configure Samba to run automatically on boot sudo update-rc.d smbd defaults sudo update-rc.d nmbd defaults   Make a backup copy of smb.conf sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.orig   Edit smb.conf file and replace the entire contents by below copy of a generic config for a kickstart sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP netbios name = ServerHostname server string = ServerName Share %v security = user ;guest account = nobody ; logs in /var/log/samba/ log level = 3 [media] comment = Multimedia User Directory path = /home/media browsable = yes guest ok = yes read only = yes create mask = 755 available = yes public = yes writeable = no [root] comment = System Root path = / browsable = yes guest ok = no read only = no create mask = 755 available = yes public =...