follow this guide: https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-and-configure-samba#3-setting-up-samba
Create the share manually in /etc/samba/smb.conf
[sambashare]
comment = Samba on Ubuntu
path = /home/username/sambashare
read only = no
browsable = yes
- restart service:
sudo service smbd restart
- allow service:
sudo ufw allow samba
- create unix user guest
- create samba user guest/guest:
sudo smbpasswd -a username
. username must be an existing unix user.