How to start Samba on Linux?

1 year ago
William Carter
1 minute

To start the Samba service, you can follow these steps:

  1. Make sure the Samba package is installed. Run the following command in the terminal to check if Samba is installed:
  2. Install Samba using the command sudo apt-get.
  3. To edit the configuration file of Samba, you can use the following command to open the configuration file:
  4. Edit the smb.conf file in the /etc/samba/ directory using the nano text editor.
  5. Add or modify the settings of the shared directory in the configuration file. You can refer to the official documentation of Samba or other resources to configure your shared directory.
  6. Save and close the configuration file, then restart the Samba service by executing the following command:
  7. Please restart the smbd service using sudo.
  8. You can also use the following commands to check the status of the Samba service:
  9. Check the status of the smbd service.

In this way, the Samba service will start and begin sharing the directory you have configured.

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