Samba

Installing and configuring Samba

Installing

sudo apt install samba samba-common-bin

Configuring

sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

Ensure that user based authentication is configured:

[global]
security = user

[src]

Configure the shares:

[<share name>]
  comment= <Share comment>
  path = </share/path/>
  valid users = @users
  force group = users
  create mask = 0660
  directory mask = 0771
  read only = no

Ensuring maximal compatibility with macOS

Additional configuration is required to ensure maximal compatiblity with macOS clients:

min protocol = SMB3
ea support = yes
vfs objects = fruit streams_xattr
fruit:metadata = stream
fruit:model = MacSamba
fruit:veto_appledouble = no
fruit:nfs_aces = no
fruit:wipe_intentionally_left_blank_rfork = yes
fruit:delete_empty_adfiles = yes
fruit:posix_rename = yes
fruit:zero_file_id = yes

[src]

Authentication

Unless configured otherwise, authentication is managed by Samba itself, based on users on the system.

You need to configure the password of a user first:

sudo smbpasswd -a <username>

Make sure <username> match to an already existing user on the current machine. If not, create it first:

sudo adduser <username>

Restart daemon

sudo /etc/init.d/smbd restart