Samba Configuration

 

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Put this at the bottom of the file (notes) 

 [sambashare]  (name of the share)
    comment = Samba on Ubuntu
    path = /home/username/sambashare  (path for share)
    read only = no
    browsable = yes

Make a user for samba

 sudo smbpasswd -a username

restart the service

 sudo service smbd restart

firewall exception

sudo ufw allow samba

windows access

\\ipaddr\sambashare