Samba that appear on window explorer

Samba server on linux enviroment provide the windows like file sharing on linux machine which used cifs/smb protocols to provide easiest way to share files and folder with almost every Major OS.

Why

There are many forms and shares available that cover the Samba share better then this repo but they did't appear in window explorer network section so i just cover it in a simplest way.

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Tested Distros

S. No.	Distro	Version	Status	Package Manager
1.	Centos Linux	7/8/9	[x]	RPM
2.	Ubuntu Linux	18.04.6 LTS/20.04.4 LTS/22.04 LTS/ 23.04	[x]	DEB
3.	Rocky Linux	8/9	[x]	RPM
4.	Oracle Linux	7/8/9	[x]	RPM
5.	Debian Linux	10/11	[x]	DEB

Installing samba on machine

On rpm base distro

• wssd help your samba server to appear in Windows Explore Network section again.

sudo yum install epel-release -y
sudo yum install samba wsdd -y 

• on deb base distro

sudo apt install samba wsdd -y

Starting smb service and enable it to autostart

sudo systemctl enable smb nmb wsdd
sudo systemctl start smb nmb wsdd

Configuring Firewall

• on deb base distro you dont need to config firewall

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=samba --zone=public --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=wsdd --zone=public --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload 

Config file edit for the public share

copy and paste all the command in linux terminal you can change you path = YOUR-media-location

echo "
[global]
    workgroup = WORKGROUP
    lanman auth = yes
    client lanman auth = yes
    client plaintext auth = yes
    client min protocol = nt1
    client max protocol = smb3
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    max log size = 1000
    panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
    map to guest = bad user

[My Public Share]
    comment = My Public Folder
    path = /media
    public = yes
    writable = yes
    create mast = 0755
    guest ok = yes
    security = SHARE
     " | sudo tee /etc/samba/smb.conf

Config file edit for the private share with username/password

• only use this section when you want to use your share with user and password else dont use it.

echo "
[global]
    workgroup = WORKGROUP
    lanman auth = yes
    client lanman auth = yes
    client plaintext auth = yes
    client min protocol = nt1
    client max protocol = smb3
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    max log size = 1000
    panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
    map to guest = bad user
		 
[homes]
    comment = Home Directories
    valid users = %S, %D%w%S
    browseable = No
    read only = No
    inherit acls = Yes
     " | sudo tee /etc/samba/smb.conf

adding new user and set password

• replace USERNAME with your user name.

sudo useradd UserName
sudo usermod -s /sbin/nologin UserName
sudo smbpasswd -an UserName

Permissions

SELinux Configuration

• you don't need to follow this section if you disabled SELinux on you machine

sudo yum install policycoreutils-python-utils.noarch -y
sudo chcon -Rt samba_share_t /media
sudo smbpasswd -an nobody
sudo chown -R nobody:nobody /media

• if you use your share with username and password

sudo setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw=1
sudo setsebool -P samba_enable_home_dirs 1

Set files and permissions

sudo chown -R nobody:nobody /media
sudo chmod -R 775 /media

Restart the Services

sudo systemctl restart smb nmb wsdd

Set your Machine name

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname My-Nas