Configure Samba Server on Ubuntu for file sharing

How to configure Samba Server in ubuntu 20.04 or ubuntu 18.04 or any linux server

First I will explain the methodology to install the samba with anonymous sharing. To install samba run,

2 Anonymous samba sharing

First I will explain the methodology to install the samba with anonymous sharing. To install samba run,

apt-get install samba samba-common python-glade2 system-config-samba

It will install samba with version 4.1.6-Ubuntu.

Now to configure samba edit the file /etc/samba/smb.cnf before making changes I will make the backup of original file as /etc/samba/smb.cnf.bak

mv /etc/samba/smb.cnf /etc/samba/smb.cnf.bak

Further give the entries like this

vi /etc/samba/smb.cnf

[global]workgroup = WORKGROUPserver string = Samba Server %vnetbios name = ubuntusecurity = usermap to guest = bad userdns proxy = no#============================ Share Definitions ============================== [Anonymous]path = /samba/anonymousbrowsable =yeswritable = yesguest ok = yesread only = no

mkdir -p /samba/anonymous

service smbd restart