Deploy Samba On Ubuntu

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Quick Install

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sudo apt-get install samba

Create share folder

Add a samba user:

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sudo smbpasswd -a username
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sudo mkdir /media/share/username
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /media/share/username
chmod g+s /media/share/username

Edit Cron tab for a routine clean:

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vim /etc/crontab
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# For details see man 4 crontabs
 
# Example of job definition:
# .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
# |  .------------- hour (0 - 23)
# |  |  .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
# |  |  |  .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
# |  |  |  |  .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
# |  |  |  |  |
# *  *  *  *  * user-name  command to be executed
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# clean the files every Monday 1am
0 1 * * 1 root find /media/share/username/.deleted/*  -name "*" -mtime +7  -exec rm -rf  {} \;

Configure

edit the configuration file

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sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add the lines at the buttom:

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[myShare]
   path = /media/share/shared/username
   browseable = no
   writable = yes
   include = /etc/samba/myShare/%U.conf
   valid user= username
   read list = username
   write list = username
   create mask = 0770
   directory mask = 0770
   vfs objects = recycle
   recycle:exclude_dir = /media/share/.deleted
   recycle:exclude = *.tmp, *.bak, *.o, *.obj, *log, ~$*, *.~??, *.trace
   recycle:touch_mtime = yes
   recycle:repository = /media/share/username/.deleted
   recycle:versions = yes
   recycle:keeptree = yes
   recycle:maxsize = 0

In this %U.conf

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browseable = yes

So the allowed user can see this folder in directory, otherwise it will be hidden.

share a home folder

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[HomeFolder]
  path = /home/username
  available = yes
  valid users = username
  read only = no
  browsable = no
  public = yes
  writable = yes
  include = /etc/samba/myShare/%U.conf

%U.conf

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browseable = yes

Be careful to place the include in the buttom, otherwise it can't overwrite the values above.