{"id":10420,"date":"2020-07-05T14:12:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T14:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10420"},"modified":"2020-07-05T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T14:12:15","slug":"share-folder-smb-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/share-folder-smb-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Share A Folder via SMB\/CIFS Protocol in Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a step by step beginner guide shows how to share a folder over local network via SMB\/CIFS protocol in Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome desktop.<\/p>\n

Share a folder in Ubuntu 20.04:<\/b><\/p>\n

1.)<\/b> First open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, install samba, SMB\/CIFS file, print, and login server by running command:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install samba<\/pre>\n
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n
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2.)<\/b> Open Files<\/b> (Nautilus file browser) and right-click on the folder you want to share, then click on “Local Network Share<\/b>” menu option.<\/p>\n
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3.)<\/b> In next pop-up window, do:<\/p>\n
    \n
  • tick “Share this folder” to enable network sharing.<\/li>\n
  • (optional) tick “Allow others to create and delete files in this folder”<\/li>\n
  • (optional) tick “Guess access”<\/li>\n
  • finally click on ‘Create Share’ button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    4.)<\/b> Confirm write permission (if enabled) and done!<\/p>\n
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    5.)<\/b> If you want remote PC to type username<\/code> and password<\/code> to access the shared folder, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n
    sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME<\/pre>\n
    Note:The \u201cUSERNAME\u201d must be an existing user in your Ubuntu. It\u2019s ji<\/code> in my case. And set a password for remote smb access only.<\/i><\/p>\n
    \"\"<\/p>\n
    Before getting access from remote PC, you may check out the IP address and \/ or hostname by running commands:<\/p>\n
    hostname\r\n\r\nip -4 address<\/pre>\n
    \"\"<\/p>\n
    Access the share folder from remote computer:<\/b><\/p>\n
    1. To access from Windows PC<\/b>, go to Start -> Run<\/b> to bring up Run command window. Type either \\\\ip-address\\<\/code> or \\\\hostname\\<\/code><\/p>\n
    \"\"<\/p>\n
    2. To access from another Ubuntu<\/b> desktop, go to Files -> Other Locations<\/b>, then type either smb:\/\/ip-address\/SHARE_FOLDER<\/code> or smb:\/\/hostname\/SHARE_FOLDER<\/code><\/p>\n
    \"\"<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    This is a step by step beginner guide shows how to share a folder over local network via SMB\/CIFS protocol in Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome desktop. Share a folder in Ubuntu 20.04: 1.) First open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, install samba, SMB\/CIFS file, print, and login server by running command: sudo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1828],"class_list":["post-10420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-share-over-lan"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}