start samba with my config

06 June 2025
network

Make sure you have samba package install and running smb daemon and allow samba from firewall

edit on smb.conf

sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

Example

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[global]
   workgroup = WORKGROUP
   server string = Samba Server %v
   netbios name = arch
   security = user
   map to guest = bad user
   dns proxy = no

 # Logging
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
   max log size = 1000
   log level = 1

[movie]
   comment = My Shared Directory
   path = /home/username/Videos
   browsable = yes
   writable = yes
   guest ok = no
   read only = yes
   create mask = 0655
   directory mask = 0755
   valid users = username
   public = no
   printable = no
   force user = username
   force group = username

to access from another device on local network check your device ip with ip a |grep inet see the output like this

inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute
inet 192.168.1.78/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlan0
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and my ip is 192.168.1.78 && your might be different