create samba server

1. install samba

sudo apt-get install samba

sudo apt-get install cifs-utils

sudo apt-get install samba-common

notice:

samba-common may be installed when installing samba

2. setup permissions for directory to be shared

sudo chmod 777 [directory_to_be_shared]

3. modify /etc/samba/smb.conf

cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.bak

vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

add the below part at the end:

***************************************************************

# for u-boot-2012.04.01 directory. gzsh. 2016.04.02

[share]

path = /work/uboot/u-boot-2012.04.01

available = yes

browsable = yes

public = yes

writable = yes

# end of u-boot-2012.04.01 directory

***************************************************************

public = yes, means username and password of Ubuntu are not needed when accessing this directory on Windows,

while 'public = no', it is needed.

4. add a user to smb user group

sudo touch /etc/samba/smbpasswd

sudo smbpasswd -a aspirs

5. restart smaba server

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

or

sudo service samba restart

reference:

Ubuntu下配置samba实现文件夹共享
http://www.cnblogs.com/phinecos/archive/2009/06/06/1497717.html