How to map a shared folder in Ubuntu?

1 year ago
Ava Mitchell
1 minute

To map a shared folder in Ubuntu, you can follow these steps:

  1. First, make sure that you have installed the Samba software package, which you can install using the following command:
sudo apt-get install samba
  1. To create a folder to share, you can use the following command:
mkdir /path/to/sharedfolder
  1. Next, you can edit the Samba configuration file by using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
  1. Add the following content at the bottom of the configuration file:
[shared]
   path = /path/to/sharedfolder
   writable = yes
   guest ok = yes
   read only = no
   create mask = 0777
   directory mask = 0777
  1. Save and exit the configuration file, then restart the Samba service.
sudo service smbd restart
  1. Finally, in Windows or other operating systems, you can access the shared folder by entering the IP address of Ubuntu and the shared folder name.

This completes the process of mapping a shared folder in Ubuntu.

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