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SMB

Editing SMB shares on linux

1 - Open the config file at  /etc/samba/smb.conf

2 -  Edit the SMB file 

[ShareName]
    path = /path/to/share
    browseable = yes
    writable = yes
    valid users = user1, user2

3 - Save & restart smbd

 sudo systemctl restart smbd

SMB Share options

browsable = yes/no Whether the share should be listed when clients request a list of shares. 

Guest ok = yes/no  guests can access without a password, set `read only` to `yes` to just be guest read only `guest ok = yes`

Editing SMB Users

Creating an SMB user sudo smbpasswd -a new_username
Listing all SMB users pdbedit -L
Changing an SMB user's password sudo smbpasswd username


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