I've installed ubuntu server, samba is installed, i can make an unsecured share following one of the hundreds of guides around but i want to share a particular folder and have a secure user name and password, when i was running ubuntu desktop it was easy with a gui, now that i have to edit samba config it's become a headache for something so simple.
Any good samba guides or can you help?
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I personally hate Samba and dread doing anything with it!!
Can you install Webmin? makes these sort of things a lot easier on headless servers!
Can you install Webmin? makes these sort of things a lot easier on headless servers!
Keep the config simple. You don't need webmin. Learn the proper way. 
/etc/samba/smb.conf
Don't forget to add 'myuser' if you haven't already. You'll probably have to run the smbpasswd command. http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smbpasswd.8.html
/etc/samba/smb.conf
Code:
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name = myserver
server string = myserver
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
security = user
[myshare]
path = /home/path/to/myshare
browseable = yes
writable = yes
valid users = myuser
hide unreadable = yes
hide files = /lost+found/Don't forget to add 'myuser' if you haven't already. You'll probably have to run the smbpasswd command. http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smbpasswd.8.html
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Keep the config simple. You don't need webmin. Learn the proper way.
Thats so 1990's
I've never been successful at getting Samba to work as i want. If there is one thing that i've never been able to just do is setting up samba via the config file!
