Install and setup Samba on Ubuntu

Got from here.

1. Install samba
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install samba

2. Set a password for samba user
$ sudo smbpasswd -a samdc
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Added user samdc.

3. Create a directory to be shared
$ sudo mkdir /data1/staging

4. Make sure user has access
$ sudo chown samdc:samdc /data1/staging

5. Make a backup copy of smb.conf
$ cp /etc/samba/smb.conf ~

6. Edit smb.conf
$ sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
Add this to the very end of the file:
[staging]
path = /data1/staging
available = yes
valid users = samdc
read only = no
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

7. Restart samba
$ sudo service smbd restart

8. Check smb.conf for any syntax errors
$ testparm

9. To access network share
Linux:
smb://<HOST_IP_OR_NAME>/<folder_name>/
smb://10.42.0.1/staging/

Windows:
\\<HOST_IP_OR_NAME>\<folder_name>\
\\10.42.0.1\staging\

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