Advertisements I’ve set up a service to run samba as non-root user, where the config file for the daemon and the service are on my home directory (on the proper subdirectories). But I keep getting samba starts and samba stops and the process exists without any information. (Both on systemctl or journalctl). Can samba be… Read More Can samba be run as non-root user?

Advertisements I try to share folder on ubuntu and connect to it through windows, currently i know how to do it by these steps (which based on GUI): https://linuxhint.com/share-folder-on-local-network-with-ubuntu/ but, since I have a lot of computers I need to do it on, I want to build a bash file that will do it automatically… Read More Share folder on local network with ubuntu

Advertisements Relatively new to Ubuntu. 21.10. Stuff I’ve tried so far: I have seen other threads regarding this and have made sure the Samba share names and folder names do not match. Folder actual name: nasdrive | Share: 4tb | Mount point: nas Mounted via fstab. Using credentials stored in a local file, ~/.smbcreds, which… Read More 21.10 – Unable to write to Samba share without SU in Ubuntu. Windows can write using the exact same Samba credentials

Advertisements I used this guide on itsfoss.com to share a folder on my Ubuntu 20.04 laptop. I then followed the guide on to try and access this folder on the Windows machine, yielding a "You do not have permission to access the folder. Contact the network administrator to request access"-message. If I just go to… Read More I used a simple guide to share one of my folders on the local network, but I can't access it from a Windows machine