Linux Notes
Samba Installation
Configuring Samba on a new system
Instructions from the Ubuntu Server docs 1.
Installation
sudo apt install samba
Configuration on Ubuntu
Add the following files at the end of /etc/samba/smb.conf
.
[<share-name>]
path = </path/to/folder>
valid users = <username>
read only = no
For example,
[server1-project]
path = /path/to/project
valid users = ubuntu
read only = no
Enable the configuration
Restart the Samba services
sudo systemctl restart smbd.service nmbd.service
Configuration on Fedora
On Fedora, here is a tutorial 1 and here are the docs 2.